INTRODUCTION Parenting has been shown to affect smoking among children in U.S. majority groups, but less is known about this association among multiethnic urban populations. Our study examines the role of parenting on smoking among a highly diverse sample. METHODS Health surveys were collected from eighth graders (N = 459) in 2 low-income urban schools. Structural equation models examined the...

Physical activity (PA) parenting research has proliferated over the past decade, with findings verifying the influential role that parents play in children's emerging PA behaviors. This knowledge, however, has not translated into effective family-based PA interventions. During a preconference workshop to the 2012 International Society for Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity annual meetin...

Objective Mothers with a history of infertility may experience parenting difficulties and challenges. This study was conducted to investigate the role of residential early parenting services in increasing parenting confidence in mothers with a history of infertility. MaterialsAndMethods This was a retrospective chart review study using the quantitative data from the clients attending the Karita...

OBJECTIVE To determine the factors associated with stress among parents of children with autism. STUDY DESIGN A cross-sectional field survey study. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY Department of Psychology, GC University, Lahore, from September 2012 to November 2013. METHODOLOGY The sample consisted of 100 parents (50 mothers and 50 fathers) of children with autism. Measures of childhood autis...

Theoretical models emphasize the role of parenting in the development and maintenance of child anxiety, but reviews of the empirical literature have provided mixed support for existing theories. To help clarify the role parenting plays in childhood anxiety, we conducted a meta-analysis of 47 studies testing the association between parenting and child anxiety. Across these studies, parenting acc...

OBJECTIVE This study set out to examine whether mothers' individual perceptions of their neighborhood social processes predict their risk for physical child abuse and neglect directly and/or indirectly via pathways involving parents' reported stress and sense of personal control in the parenting role. METHODS In-home and phone interview data were examined cross-sectionally from a national bir...

Background: The type of parent’s child rearing and the perception of problems by adolescents are one of the important reasons for the formation of inappropriate behavior and delinquency in adolescents. Objectives: The purpose of the present study was to determine the relationship of perceived parenting styles with self-control capacity and affective self-regulation among delinquent adolencents...

OBJECTIVE The literature on gifted and talented children is limited. Little is known about the types and nature of difficulties experienced by gifted and talented children, and even less known about parenting issues related to parenting a gifted and talented child. The aim of the present study was to describe children's behavioural and emotional adjustment, and the factors that contribute to ch...