Sentences with phrase «child adjustment among»

To examine parent — child communication (i.e., openness, problems) and child adjustment among youth with advanced or non-advanced cancer and comparison children.

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Based on research findings, mental health professionals have also reached a consensus that the quality of relationships among significant adults in a child's or adolescent's life is associated with adjustment.

Dunn found that among these children later adjustment was linked with the amount of contact they had had with their non-resident fathers.

Among older children, daughters may be particularly resistant, particularly where their relationship with their mother was previously close: in such cases, greater harmony in the new marriage is associated with the daughters» poorer adjustment (for discussion, see Hetherington & Henderson, 1997).

Explaining the higher incidence of adjustment problems among children of divorce compared with those in two - parent families.

One study found the number of transition activities pre-K teachers implemented is positively associated with kindergarten teachers» perceptions of children's adjustment, particularly among children who experienced social and economic risks.

In fact, among families high on conflict, divorced families, and «normal» families, the married and in conflict families showed more child adjustment problems than the divorced families.

Patterns of close relationships and socio - emotional and academic adjustment among school - age children with learning disabilities.

Socioemotional and behavioral adjustment among school - age children with learning disabilities: The moderating role of maternal personal resources.

On the basis of the emotional contagion hypothesis, we thought that effective parental coping among the COPE mothers would lead to better adjustment outcomes for their children.

After adjustment for the covariates and for each other, there was no evidence for an association among any of the 3 maternal parenting dimensions and child BMI status (all P values were ≥.69).

Among my areas of expertise are working with children and families dealing with chronic illness and hospice issues, as well as depression, anxiety, and life adjustments.

Membership in a single - parent family or stepfamily is associated with increased levels of significant behavioral, emotional, and academic problems in children.1, 2 The mechanisms underlying this connection are likely to involve, among other factors, financial adversity, increased stress directly related to family transitions, and increased exposure to additional psychosocial risks.3, 4 Compared with the extensive research base connecting family type (ie, membership in a 2 - parent biological family, stepfamily, or single - parent family) and children's psychological adjustment, little is known about the physical health consequences of membership in diverse family types.

Wallerstein: The quality of the child's relationship to a nurturing parent has been established to be among the best predictors of their thriving and their ability to recover from marital conflict or parental psychopathology (Furstenburg Cherlin 1991, Johnston and Kline) Furthermore, children's post-divorce adjustment is tied to the overall quality of life in the custodial home including the creation of a nurturing, protective milieu.

Children of depressed mothers also are more likely to have insecure attachment with their mothers, experience high social withdrawal, have poor communication and language skills, perform poorly on cognitive tasks, and show more disruptive behaviors across developmental periods.2 Particularly among low - income families, financial difficulties and related resource scarcity increase the detrimental impacts of maternal depression on the children's adjustment, the mother's health status, and the family's functioning as aChildren of depressed mothers also are more likely to have insecure attachment with their mothers, experience high social withdrawal, have poor communication and language skills, perform poorly on cognitive tasks, and show more disruptive behaviors across developmental periods.2 Particularly among low - income families, financial difficulties and related resource scarcity increase the detrimental impacts of maternal depression on the children's adjustment, the mother's health status, and the family's functioning as achildren's adjustment, the mother's health status, and the family's functioning as a whole.3

Positive parenting practices (e.g., parental support, monitoring, avoiding harsh punishment) are associated with positive child outcomes, such as better adjustment, higher self - esteem, higher grades, fewer behavior problems, and lower reports of deviance among school - age children.6 Even if programs target parents of young children, parents may be able to use the skills they develop for years into the future or to help parent older children.

Authors from other countries have reported the highest prevalence of bullying is among elementary school — aged children.1, 4 The current study examines the prevalence of bullying involvement among elementary school children and its association with school records of attendance, academic achievement test scores, suspension or expulsion, and self - reported measures of psychosocial adjustment.

These factors are important, but especially among younger children, we think that they do not tell the whole story about what leads children toward healthy social, psychological and scholastic adjustment in the school context.

This study examined a cumulative model of risk / protective factors at the individual level (child's sense of coherence; attachment with father) and family level as manifested by fathers» emotional resources (fathers» negative / positive affect; attachment avoidance / anxiety), to explain socioemotional adjustment among children age 8 — 12 years with or without learning disabilities (LD).

Bidirectional relations between parenting and child adjustment were especially prominent among boys.

Play therapy has been widely researched as an effective and developmentally appropriate method for working with children dealing with the following types of concerns, among others: depression, grief and loss, social adjustment problems, speech difficulties, trauma, hospitalization, reading difficulties, selective mutism, enuresis and encopresis problems, fear and anxiety, abuse and neglect, aggression / acting out behaviors, attachment difficulties, autism, chronic illness and disability, and parental separation or divorce.

According to several authors children's social status among their classmates plays a crucial role in their school - adjustment (e.g., Parker and Asher, 1987; Coie and Dodge, 1988).

Recently, Zimmermann et al. (2017) have considered as relevant the role played by social dimensions in children's academic self - concept development, assuming that social comparison relationships among classmates contributes to the development and adjustment of children's academic self - concept.

The one thing that all divorce researchers agree upon is that family functioning — including level of conflict among family members — matters a great deal when it comes to looking at the adjustment of children.

«Studies have consistently demonstrated that conflict between ex-spouses over custody, child support, visiting arrangements, and other issues is associated with poor adjustment among children of divorce (Johnston et al. 1989).

Fact: «Studies have consistently demonstrated that conflict between ex-spouses over custody, child support, visiting arrangements, and other issues is associated with poor adjustment among children of divorce (Johnston et al. 1989).

At the elementary school follow - ups and at the middle / high school follow - ups, rs10482672 predicted better adjustment among children receiving the Fast Track intervention and worse adjustment among children in the control condition.

[jounal] Brody, G. H. / 2002 / Longitudinal pathways to competence and psychological adjustment among african american children living in rural single - parent households / Child Development 73 (5): 1505 ~ 1516

The structural equation modeling analyses revealed that HIV - related stigma had a positive direct effect on problem behaviors of vulnerable children, while HIV - related stigma and low education aspiration had direct negative effects on school adjustment among both orphans and vulnerable children.

Examining differences in psychological adjustment problems among children conceived by assisted reproductive technologies.

Support from friends and classmates predicts emotional adjustment and resilience, with lower peer support associated with more anxiety, depression, and behavioral maladjustment among typically developing children (Demaray & Malecki, 2002; Demaray, Malecki, Davidson, Hodgson, & Rebus, 2005; Rubin, Bukowski, & Parker, 2006).

If adherence and quality of life are viewed as indices of children's psychological adjustment to their medical conditions, the results of the study revealed that more paternal involvement in disease management was associated with better outcomes among adolescents in particular.

Because children with SB tend to have less social contact than their able - bodied counterparts (Blum, Resnick, Nelson, & St. Germaine, 1991) and are more reliant on parents, parenting behaviors may be more highly associated with adjustment outcomes than among typically developing youth.

Discussion focused on the unique value of maternal characteristics for understanding social and emotional adjustment among school - age children.

Longitudinal pathways to competence and psychological adjustment among African American children living in rural single - parent households

Therefore, screening for psychopathic traits among young children with psychosocial adjustment problems seems relevant for developing effective intervention strategies.

Similarities in behavioral and social adjustment among child victims and witnesses to family violence

Our study also has key strengths: 1) analyses were based on a community sample and we were able to estimate the burden of behavioural problems associated with food insecurity among children in the general population, while most prior studies focused on high - risk families; 2) longitudinal follow - up of children's mental health allowed us to distinguish different types of symptoms and their developmental patterns over up to 7 years of follow - up; 3) statistical adjustment for multiple individual and family factors potentially associated with children's outcomes.

[jounal] Shaw, D. S. / 1999 / A prospective study of the effects of marital status and family relations on young children's adjustment among African and Caucasian families / Child Development 70: 742 ~ 755