OBJECTIVES To describe the problems faced by children during separation from their imprisoned mothers, and evaluate the health of children who accompanied their mothers into prison. DESIGN A prospective observational study. SETTING Welikada Prison, Colombo, Sri Lanka. METHODS 200 randomly selected mothers who had left their children at home were interviewed using a questionnaire. During a...

Effectiveness of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in Improving     Self-Efficacy of Mothers of Children with Autism   A. Ahmadi [1] Z. Raeisi, Ph.D. [2]   Given the unique stresses inherent in raising a child with autism, mothers may find it challenging to maintain a positive sense of self-efficacy. This study sought to determine the effects of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) on s...

BACKGROUND: Increased dental caries and dental lesions have made preventive measures, especially among children, inevitable. This study investigated elementary schoolgirls’ mothers’ level of knowledge on preventive methods against dental caries. METHODS: In this cross-sectional study, mothers of 250 schoolgirls were randomly selected from five regions of Tehran, Iran. Their knowledge about fiss...

aim: many of the oral health problems start in childhood that may affect the way of speaking, eating and even the social manners of the individual. the aim of this study was to test the trans-theoretical model to gain an understanding of the inter-dental cleaning behavior change in mothers and their children in the city of sanandaj. methods: this study was a randomized controlled trial, conduct...

introduction: the purpose of this research was to evaluate the effect of life skills training of mothers of elementary school children on behavioral problems of children in isfahan. methods: in a cross-sectional study, individuals were enrolled by a multistage cluster sampling from 5 educational districts in isfahan and 90 students who had behavioral problems were distinguished and included. th...

objectives: the purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of group anger management skills training on reducing aggression of mothers with adhd children's. methods: the research method was quasi experimental with pre-test and post-test design with a control group. population of the study was all of the mothers of children's with adhd that referred to counseling and ps...