Systematic review and meta-analysis of parent and family-based interventions for children and adolescents with chronic medical conditions. This version is made available in accordance with publisher policies. Please cite only the published version using the reference above. Abstract Objective: To quantify the effects of parent-and family-based psychological therapies for youth with common chron...

This study investigates the impact of fathers’ religious and family involvement on work-family conflict, workfamily fit, job satisfaction, and marital satisfaction. The sample consists of employed, married fathers and their spouses from the 2001 Marriott School of Management Alumni Work and Family Survey (n = 210). Fathers’ family involvement was related to less work-life conflict, greater work...

BACKGROUND The concept of family quality of life (QoL) has emerged as an important outcome of service delivery for individuals with disabilities and their families. The present study describes the process of developing a tool to measure family QoL. METHODS AND RESULTS A total of 1197 respondents participated in a national field test. Through factor analysis, the survey was refined in several ...

BACKGROUND Disparities in child health outcomes persist despite advances in medical technology and increased global wealth. The social determinants of health approach is useful in explaining the disparities in health. Our objective in this paper is four-fold: (1) to test whether the income relationship (and the related income gradient) is the same across different child health outcomes; (2) to ...

background and purpose: with regards to the importance of women’s beliefs in improving pregnancy outcomes, this study was performed to determine the perceived internal control on future pregnancy outcomes and its related factors in women who participated in pre‑marital counseling. materials and methods: in a cross‑sectional study, women’s perceived internal control was investigated. the study p...

Family stressors predict negative psychological outcomes for immigrant adolescents, yet little is known about how such stressors interact to predict school outcomes. The purpose of this study was to explore the interactive role of family stressors on school outcomes for newcomer adolescent immigrants. Using a convergent parallel mixedmethods design, we used quantitative methods to explore inter...

This article provides evidence on the relationship between fathers’ labor market outcomes and number of children. Using data from European Union Statistics Income Living Conditions instrumental variable models, this study examines how family size is related to probability employment, paid working hours, job rank, wages, stability across countries with diverse social beliefs about men’s financia...