Parent involvement (PI) in school is associated with more positive academic performance and social competence in children. However, there are inadequacies in current measures of PI and a need for a better understanding of predictors of PI. In this study, measures were obtained from a normative sample of 387 children in kindergarten and first grade from high-risk neighborhoods in 4 different sit...

Various studies focusing on the effectiveness of teacher-parents relationship emphasize the positive effects of parents’ involvement in education. This study aimed to examine the effects of teacher-parents relationship on Iranians EFL learners’ language proficiency at elementary level. It also aimed to find how this relationship may influence  parents’ motivation and attitude with regard to the...

BACKGROUND Peer relationship problems are a significant part of the clinical presentation of children with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD). Many of these children have been prescribed psychotropic medications by community practitioners. The present study reports on the interaction between medication status and parent and teacher-reported outcomes for parent-assisted Children's Friendshi...

Objectives To the importance of screening students’ mental health and lack of a customized tool based on prevalent psychopathological problems in students, the present study aims to develop and examine the psychometric properties of electronic mental health assessment device for high school students-parent form and teacher form.  Methods The study sample included 1697 teachers and 1186 parents...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Cerebral bypass grafts may develop generalized graft narrowing or focal stenosis during the perioperative period or later. Endovascular techniques such as PTA and stent placement of graft vessels are potential treatment options. Our objective was to review the safety, indications, technique, and results of endovascular management of graft problems. MATERIALS AND METHODS...

Objective: The study is to analyze the influence of parent-child relationship on pupils’ learning motivation, and explore mediating mechanism teacher-student in motivation. Method: This conducted a questionnaire survey 213 pupils Grades 5 6 two schools Beijing using Pianta’s scale revised by Qu, Dornbush’s intimacy Zhang motivation adapted Hu. Results: Gender, grade, whether they are only child...

OBJECTIVE This study examines diagnoses that occur in an outpatient sample when both parent and teacher endorse significant manic symptoms and when only a parent observes them. We hypothesized that the diagnosis of mania/bipolar (BP) disorder would occur when there is parent/teacher concordance on high mania symptom scores. METHODS Subjects were 911 5-18-year-old psychiatrically diagnosed you...