background: these days, diabetes is deemed as one of the most important health and social-economic problems of the world. since parents play a major role in treatment of diabetes, the most important part of managing diabetes is in the hands of the parents of children affected by diabetes. this special responsibility will increase the stress and family challenges and impacts parents’ emotional r...

As parents’ socioeconomic condition considerably affects their children’s health, in the present paper, parents’ education and its relation with their lifestyle, including breast feeding, nutrition, supplement intake, smoking, and personal hygiene, are studied. Parents’ behavior is an important factor in affecting children’s health status. A cross-sectional descriptive analysis was conducted us...

Objectives: The present study was conducted to compare the relationship between marital satisfaction and happiness in parents of autistic and normal childrenchildren. Methods: This causal-comparative research was conducted on all parents of autistic and normal children  who referred to the rehabilitation clinics in Tehran in 2017. Using available sampling, 220 parents (110 parents with autisti...

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I thank my advisor Dr. Aria Nosratinia for providing me with the opportunity to work as graduate student with him. I express my gratitude to Dr. Nosratinia for his guidance, support and confidence he has shown in my work. I also thank him for instilling a sense of curiosity to learn new things in me.

Objectives: The objective behind this study was investigating the relationships between family functioning and psychological hardiness in parents of exceptional children versus parents of normal children. Methods: The study was causal-comparative. Population included all parents of normal and exceptional students in Bojnurd City studying in ordinary and exceptional schools in the academic ye...

asthma is one of the most common chronic diseases of childhood. inhaled corticosteroids (ics) are the recommended controller drug for asthma treatment. the aim of our study was to determine concerns and fears of parents of children with asthma towards the use of ics. one hundred parents of asthmatic children were interviewed using structural questionnaire. airway inflammation was reported by on...