OBJECTIVE This study examined the construct validity of the In-Hand Manipulation Test (IMT) by assessing the test's ability to discriminate between samples of children with and without known fine motor problems. METHOD The IMT was administered to 55 children without known fine motor problems and 24 children with spastic diplegia who had mild to moderate fine motor problems. Construct validity...

This study explored the effect of workplace psychosocial factors (job demand, job control, and workplace social support) on dual-earner couples in Japan having additional children, using a prospective study design. We conducted a 2-year prospective cohort study with 103 dual-earner couples with preschool children in Japan, as part of the Tokyo Work-Family Interface Study II. We used multivariab...

It is estimated that 8-22% of children and adolescents experience anxiety during their childhood. Different forms of anxiety, such as social anxiety, separation anxiety, etc. may affect the normal life of children and influence their mental health through their life. Some anxious children will grow out of their problems, but others will keep having trouble with anxiety unless they get professio...

Three engraved limestone plaquettes from the recently excavated Epipaleolithic open-air site Ein Qashish South in the Jezreel Valley, Israel comprise unique evidence for symbolic behavior of Late Pleistocene foragers in the Levant. The engravings, uncovered in Kebaran and Geometric Kebaran deposits (ca. 23ka and ca. 16.5ka BP), include the image of a bird-the first figurative representation kno...

child with down's syndrome is an individual who is suitable and eligible to receive early intervention services. this study aimed to measure the family outcome among parents of down syndrome children, on the impact of receiving early intervention and identify the factors influencing it.a cross sectional was conducted from april 2009 until january 2010 with a total of 125 parents of children wit...

Man wolle dabei von der Arbeit, die Herr Dr. Hellinger zu erledigen hatte, nicht gering denken. Denn es ist auch so noch ein weiter Weg von der durch allerlei zufällige Umstände bedingten mündlichen Darlegung des Dozenten zu der schriftlichen, hinterher noch wesentlich abgeglichenen, lesbaren Darstellung. [One should not underestimate the work that Dr. Hellinger had to accomplish. It is a long ...

OBJECTIVE To determine which factors predict development of chronic suppurative otitis media (CSOM) in children. DESIGN Case-control study, with univariate and multivariate logistic regression analysis applied to determine which factors independently predict CSOM. SUBJECTS Prognostic factors for CSOM were identified in (1) 100 children with CSOM and 161 controls aged 1 to 12 years and (2) 8...