Parenting self-efficacy (PSE) has been positively linked to children’s adjustment and negatively associated with maternal depression. However, most PSE research has been cross-sectional, limited to predominantly white, middleclass samples, and has not examined potential mechanisms underlying associations of PSE with children’s behavior. The present study investigates (1) how PSE changes over ti...

P assive smoke exposure (PSE) is carcinogenic, linked to cardiovascular and respiratory diseases, increased risk for sudden infant death, and increased severity of asthma, and is generally harmful. 2 According to the behavioural ecological model (BEM), smoking and passive smoke exposure are behaviours influenced by interacting physiological, environmental, and cultural contingencies. Social mod...

BACKGROUND Apart from skills, and knowledge, self-efficacy is an important factor in the students' preparation for clinical work. The Physiotherapist Self-Efficacy (PSE) questionnaire was developed to measure physical therapy (TP) students' self-efficacy in the cardiorespiratory, musculoskeletal, and neurological clinical areas. The aim of this study was to establish the measurement properties ...

BACKGROUND This study examined predictors of parenting self-efficacy (PSE) in a sample of first-time mothers during the first year after childbirth and evaluated the effect of a brief, intensive, mother-infant residential intervention on PSE and infant behaviour. METHODS 83 primiparous women with infants aged 0-12 months admitted to a residential parent-infant program participated in a struct...

Objective We examine the effect of children's sex and behaviors on parents' level parental self-efficacy (PSE). Background PSE is a fundamental predictor effective positive parenting. Child characteristics could influence can help in understanding why some parents feel lower PSE. Method randomly assigned 1,020 American to read one four vignettes describing 16-year-old boy or girl with either ex...

(ABSTRACT) This thesis describes user interface and visualization components in the problem solving environment " Site-Specific System Simulator for Wireless System Design " (S 4 W) developed by CS and ECE faculty and students at Virginia Tech. S 4 W integrates visualization and computational tools with a high level user interface. The objective of this PSE is to improve the ability of wireless...

Methods We evaluated 543 patients (497 females/45 males) treated for idiopathic scoliosis with either PSE only (144 patients, 15.5°±9.3°Cobb), or brace and PSE (399 patients, 33.3°±12.1°). Patients started treatment at Risser 0-1, with a minimum age of 10 years, and were followed up to Risser 3. A comparison was then made between the following subgroups: PSE + Sport (PSESP: 88 patients, 14.8°±5...

Based on theory that parents with higher levels of self-efficacy (PSE) should find it easier to parent effectively in the face of challenging child behaviors than should parents with lower levels of PSE, this study examines the link between PSE and parenting using children's behaviors as potential moderators. Participants were 130 parents who had an older adolescent (Mage = 17.58) in addition t...

Parenting self-efficacy (PSE) has been positively linked to children's adjustment and negatively associated with maternal depression. However, most PSE research has been cross-sectional, limited to predominantly white, middle-class samples, and has not examined potential mechanisms underlying associations of PSE with children's behavior. The present study investigates: (1) how PSE changes over ...

The study investigated the efficacy and safety of a combination therapy of 1,000 mg aspirin (ASA) and 60 mg pseudoephedrine (PSE) on the symptoms of pain (combined score for headache and sore throat) and nasal congestion in 833 patients with acute upper respiratory tract viral infection (URTI), over 4 hours after a single dose in the clinic and over 3 days with multiple doses at home. The study...