As it is still unclear to what extent parental drinking is a predictor of children's alcohol use, we tested the association of specific paternal and maternal drinking patterns with both initiation and development of adolescent alcohol use. Longitudinal data (four annual measurements) of parent-child dyads (N=2319) have been used. Parental drinking patterns have been identified using latent clas...

Adolescent male youth in high-crime neighborhoods are at the greatest risk for personal victimization and violent behavior. The temporal relationship between victimization and violent behavior for minority youth in high-crime neighborhoods was examined to determine whether victimization is a risk factor for or by-product of violent behavior. Whether parenting and other control factors moderated...

Increasing scale and complexity of modern software, we have found programming problem with techniques like Aspect-oriented Programming(AOP) while constructing features of the software. We capture its key property as behavioral similarity, a set of tangled and scattered low-level behavior in similar patterns of invocation across the high-level behaviors features in software. In this paper, we pr...

OBJECTIVE To use structural equation modeling to provide a preliminary examination of the relationship between parental support and conflict regarding physical activity behaviors in preadolescents with type 1 diabetes. METHOD Parent-child dyads (n = 85, M child age = 10.8) completed physical activity items from the Diabetes Family Behavior Scale, Diabetes Related Conflict Scale, and Self-Care...

OBJECTIVE Description of temperament profiles of children has largely been reported in typically developing populations. Children undergo individualized assessments of achievement (developmental/academic) and receive individualized interventions. In contrast, their individual behavioral styles are not evaluated as completely, if at all. For children with developmental disabilities, description ...

The objective of this study was to explore whether parental heavy drinking is associated with suicidal behavior in adolescents, and if so, whether this association is stronger among younger adolescents and whether a possible impact of one parent's intoxication adds to that of the other parent. Two cross-sectional school surveys were conducted in 2002 and 2004 in Norway and comprised 11,637 and ...

Abstract Domestication has greatly changed the social and reproductive behavior of dogs relative to that wild members genus Canis, which typically exhibit monogamy extended parental care. Unlike a typical gray wolf pack consists single breeding pair their offspring from multiple seasons, group free-ranging (FRDs) can include individuals both sexes. To understand consequences this shift in behav...

INTRODUCTION A smoke-free environment protects children from exposure to involuntary smoke and also can reduce or prevent future smoking behavior. The purpose of this study was to examine levels and correlates of parental behavior and attitudes related to voluntary smoke-free rules in homes, cars, and outdoor children's play areas among US households with underage children and 1 or more smoking...

This study investigated the extent to which parental homework completion during behavioral parent training (BPT) for children with or at risk for developmental delay contributed to parenting and child outcomes. Parents of 48 children (Mage=44.17 months, SD=14.29; 73% male; 72% White) with developmental delay (IQ<75) or at risk for developmental delay (due to premature birth) with co-occurring c...