Objectives: Studies around the world have shown that having a child with disability impacts a mother’s time use. The purpose of this study was to compare the time use of mothers of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) with mothers of typically developing children. Methods: Eighty-four Iranian mothers (42 with ASD children and 42 with typically developing children) completed the M...

a cross-sectional study with children's and parents' self-completed questionnaires was carried out to evaluate parents' ideas on children's risk-takjng behaviours and children's risky activities after school hours by age (7 and 9 years) and sex. nine elementary schools were randomly selected and 476 puphs aged seven and nine years and 471 parents were studied. most pare...

the aim of this study was to examine whether formal and informal social activities are associated with a lower risk of depression. besides, we investigated which type of social activities may protect against late-life depression by gender using data from a population-based study of older korean adults.data for analysis were drawn from the 2010 korean longitudinal study of aging. study sample in...

Objectives: To investigate whether Iranian children and adolescents with Cerebral Palsy (CP) participate in their preferred leisure activities. Methods: A group of children and adolescents (n=152; 59.2% male; aged 7-17 years; Mean±SD of age was 10.93±3.46 years old) diagnosed with CP (39.5% hemiplegic; 28.9% quadriplegic; 31.6% diplegic) were selected to complete the children’s assessment of p...

 Monitoring behavior of children in the home is the extremely important to avoid the possible injuries. Therefore, an automated monitoring system for monitoring behavior of children by researchers has been considered. The first step for designing and executing an automated monitoring system on children's behavior in closed spaces is possible with recognize their activity by the sensors in the e...

 Monitoring behavior of children in the home is the extremely important to avoid the possible injuries. Therefore, an automated monitoring system for monitoring behavior of children by researchers has been considered. The first step for designing and executing an automated monitoring system on children's behavior in closed spaces is possible with recognize their activity by the sensors in the e...

The Impact of Language Learning Activities on the Spoken Language Development of 5-6-Year-Old Children in Private Preschool Centers of Langroud N. Bagheri, M.A. E. Abbasi, Ph.D. M. GeramiPour, Ph.D. The present study was conducted to investigate the impact of language learning activities on development of spoken language in 5-6-year-old children at private preschool center...

Objectives: This study aimed at evaluating the correlation between mother-child relationship and the rate of participation of children and adolescents with cerebral palsy in leisure time activities. Methods: This study is a descriptive and correlational research. The statistical population included cerebral palsy children aged 7-17 years with a mother who is at least 25 years old. A sample siz...