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Understanding the conditions under which Virtual Environment (VE) users experience a sense of presence may, in the long term, yield valuable insights into human cognition and psychology. More immediately, however, the general assumption is that a sense of presence impacts a user’s ability to perform a task and, therefore, that insights into presence offer a potential payoff in terms of task per...

UNLABELLED Theme: Complex health care and chronic disease management. INTRODUCTION Support for bereaved parents after the death of a baby in the neonatal period is variable in the UK. AIM To explore parents' experiences and perceptions of support needs during and following the death of their baby. METHODS An interpretative phenomenological study using unstructured interviews was undertake...

BACKGROUND Type 1 diabetes is a lifelong condition for children and their parents, the management for which imposes a vast responsibility. This study explores the mediating factors that affect Iranian parents' coping processes with their children's type 1 diabetes. METHODS Research was conducted using the grounded theory method. Participants were selected purposefully, and we continued with t...

This overview of suicidal behavior of children and adolescents covers aspects of epidemiology and risk factors. The risk factors can be classified as early developmental experiences, expression of affects, and current environmental situations. These risk factors include depression, aggression, parental suicidal behavior, family losses, and family violence and depression.

Background Recording of neonatal resuscitation, including video and respiratory parameters, was implemented for research quality purposes at the intensive care unit (NICU) Leiden University Medical Center, parents were offered to review recording their infant together with a provider. We aimed provide insight in parental experiences reviewing resuscitation premature infant. Methods This study c...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate predictors of somatization and pain reactivity in childhood. METHODS Facial expressions of children undergoing inoculation were scored for pain reactivity. Measures of temperament, pain experience, pain models, parental behavior, and parental ability to decode pain were examined for their ability to predict pain reactivity and somatization in a structural modeling analys...

This study of 45 high-risk mothers and infants examined the current indirect effects model of intergenerational transmission of disorganized attachment, which posits that maternal childhood experiences of loss or trauma contribute to maternal states of mind on the AAI which in turn contribute to infant disorganization. The severity of experiences of both abuse and loss were examined in relation...

The schemata that are often at the basis of resistance to change in couples who are experiencing dysfunction in their relationships are rooted in ingrained experiences from family of origin. The belief systems that underlie such experiences and are influenced by transgenerational dynamics often become galvanized as a result of early learning and the power of parental influence. This article foc...

Relations between Adult Attachment Interview (AAI) outcomes and data from questionnaires on attachment style, temperament, and memories of parental caregiving behavior were investigated to examine theoretical and methodological specificity of the AAI. The participants were 83 mothers of 1-year-olds. No differences between the three AAI classifications (autonomous, dismissing, or preoccupied) we...