Sentences with phrase «poor psychosocial»

These findings are worrisome, since research has shown that children of mothers with depressive symptoms are at a higher risk for poor psychosocial development, such as low self - esteem, negative attribution styles, heightened emotionality, and negative affect.

Bully / victims seemed to share characteristics with both bullies and victims, though showing more similarities with the latter and a general poor psychosocial profile.

This clearly demonstrates a strong association between deprivation and poor psychosocial health at this very young age; the proportion of children with borderline or abnormal scores increased in line with increasing deprivation.

The cumulative burden of multiple diagnoses (comorbidity) may be that it has been strongly associated with decreased well - being, compromised health and quality of life, and poor psychosocial adjustment (Kimberling & Ouimette, 2002).

The aim was to determine whether a combination of sub-threshold depressive symptoms and early substance use can predict mood and anxiety disorders and poor psychosocial functioning longitudinally in secondary school students.

Parental discord is a major consequence of substance abuse and a key factor in the poor psychosocial functioning of their children.

Comorbid anxiety and depression in childhood was associated with poorer psychosocial functioning in early adulthood

Women's sexual activity frequency with a nonromantic partner was more commonly associated with poorer psychosocial adjustment than such activity by men.

Perpetrating and experiencing bullying were associated with poorer psychosocial adjustment (P <.001); however, different patterns of association occurred among bullies, those bullied, and those who both bullied others and were bullied themselves.

However, across all countries, involvement in bullying was associated with poorer psychosocial adjustment (P <.05).

Both bullying and being bullied were associated with poorer psychosocial adjustment; however, there were notable differences among those bullied, bullies, and those reporting both behaviors.

Bullies, those bullied, and individuals reporting both bullying and being bullied all demonstrated poorer psychosocial adjustment than noninvolved youth; however, differences in the pattern of maladjustment among the groups were observed.

Conclusions The association of bullying with poorer psychosocial adjustment is remarkably similar across countries.

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In addition to these medical conditions that can lead to failure to thrive, children can also have weight loss or poor weight gain when they are simply not given enough to eat (psychosocial failure to thrive).

Adolescents or young adults with an FASD and who never received services or were older when diagnosed can be at very high risk for psychosocial issues, such as dependent living conditions, disrupted school experiences, poor employment records, substance use, and encounters with law enforcement.

Any early psychosocial trauma from poor caregiving, removal from the home, and the placements experienced can significantly complicate the clinical picture.

However, both childhood bullies and bullying victims had increased psychosocial risk factors for poor physical health.

Along with regular assessments on psychosocial, behavioral, and biological risk factors for poor health, researchers collected data from children, parents, and teachers on bullying behavior when the participants were 10 to 12 years old.

Other psychosocial factors, including a nonsupportive school environment, marital crises or psychological problems arising between parents, and poor parent - child attachment can also transform a latent tendency into a full - blown disorder.

Psychosocial problems, increased cardiovascular risk factors, abnormal glucose metabolism, hepatic gastrointestinal disturbances, sleep apnoea, orthopedic complications as well as poor self - esteem and body image.

Mothers were eligible to participate if they did not require the use of an interpreter, and reported one or more of the following risk factors for poor maternal or child outcomes in their responses to routine standardised psychosocial and domestic violence screening conducted by midwives for every mother booking in to the local hospital for confinement: maternal age under 19 years; current probable distress (assessed as an Edinburgh Depression Scale (EDS) 17 score of 10 or more)(as a lower cut - off score was used than the antenatal validated cut - off score for depression, the term «distress» is used rather than «depression»; use of this cut - off to indicate those distressed approximated the subgroups labelled in other trials as «psychologically vulnerable» or as having «low psychological resources» 14); lack of emotional and practical support; late antenatal care (after 20 weeks gestation); major stressors in the past 12 months; current substance misuse; current or history of mental health problem or disorder; history of abuse in mother's own childhood; and history of domestic violence.

Although not previously linked to health inequalities, sleep problems are associated with poorer health - related quality of life, psychosocial and behavioural problems, and risk for obesity.41 Physical health indicators were based on parent report and dichotomised according to recommended cut - points (table 1).

In 2010, more than 1 in 5 children were reported to be living in poverty.6, 10 Economic disadvantage is among the most potent risks for behavioral and emotional problems due to increased exposure to environmental, familial, and psychosocial risks.11 — 13 In families in which parents are in military service, parental deployment and return has been determined to be a risk factor for behavioral and emotional problems in children.14 Data from the 2003 National Survey of Children's Health demonstrated a strong linear relationship between increasing number of psychosocial risks and many poor health outcomes, including social - emotional health.15 The Adverse Childhood Experience Study surveyed 17000 adults about early traumatic and stressful experiences.

The characteristics of maternal depression, insecure - avoidant attachment attitudes, and psychosocial risks are most probably associated with less adequate parenting and a poor parent - child relationship, 13,15 which may have led to insufficient support of the child's weight - reduction efforts.

Cannabis use can be a significant contributor to poor mental health, particularly when it begins at a young age.4, 5 The adverse mental health effects of cannabis use in the general population are increasingly recognised, including anxiety, depression, 6 — 8 psychotic disorders, 4, 9 — 12 dependence6, 7, 13 withdrawal14, 15 and cognitive impairment.16, 17 Starting to use cannabis before age 15 is associated with an increased likelihood of developing later psychotic disorders, increased risk of dependence, other drug use, and poor educational and psychosocial outcomes.5

Our findings are even more sobering because the prevalence of psychosocial problems among youth seems to be increasing.110, 111 The US Surgeon General reports that the unmet need for services is as high now as it was 20 years ago.112 Even youth who are insured often can not obtain treatment because few child and adolescent psychiatrists practice in poor and minority neighborhoods.113, 114

Interventions targeting modifiable risk factors (eg, smoking, inactivity, and poor diet) in adult life have only limited efficacy in preventing age - related disease.3, 4 Because of the increasing recognition that preventable risk exposures in early life may contribute to pathophysiological processes leading to age - related disease, 5,6 the science of aging has turned to a life - course perspective.7, 8 Capitalizing on this perspective, this study tested the contribution of adverse psychosocial experiences in childhood to 3 adult conditions that are known to predict age - related diseases: depression, inflammation, and the clustering of metabolic risk markers, hereinafter referred to as age - related - disease risks.

Psychosocial deficits include social and cognitive abilities, underachievement in academic settings (Busby, Lambert, & Ialongo, 2013; Nebbitt, Lombe, Lavelle - McKay, & Sinha, 2014) poor conflict resolution, trouble processing, constant reactionary thought content, social withdrawal, and low empathy for others.

Poor developmental and psychosocial outcomes are accompanied by a significant financial burden, not just for the children and families who experience them but also for the rest of society.

An estimated 1,560 children died because of maltreatment, with the highest rates of victimization in the first year of life — 20.6 per 1,000 children.1 Research demonstrates that outcomes for children who survive child maltreatment (defined as neglect, abuse, or a combination of the two) are poor, with performance below national norms in a range of outcomes areas, including psychosocial and cognitive well - being and academic achievement.2, 3,4 The costs to society overall of these children not reaching their full potential and the lower than expected productivity of adult survivors of abuse are estimated at as much as $ 50 - 90 billion per year in the U.S. 5,6 These findings underscore the need for strategies to prevent child maltreatment in order to improve outcomes for children, families and communities.

A key policy question in this area of research is whether steps to redistribute income from richer to poorer families are more cost - effective than intervention programs designed to prevent or treat psychosocial problems.

In addition, children living with a single parent with stressful financial conditions may lead to poor adolescent rearing practices, which may further lead to psychosocial dysfunction (29, 30).

A range of childhood psychosocial risk factors have been associated with depression, including characteristics of the child (eg, behavioral and socioemotional problems, poor school performance), characteristics of the parents (eg, parent psychopathology, rejecting or intrusive behavior), and family circumstances (eg, the loss of a parent, physical or sexual violence, family discord).12 - 15 However, it has not been shown decisively whether these risks distinguish juvenile from adult - onset MDD.

Physicians underestimated substantially the prevalence of intrafamilial violence, maternal psychosocial distress, and associated behavior problems in children compared with use of a questionnaire for this purpose.23 The use of a clinic questionnaire identified significantly more mothers with potential risk factors for poor parenting compared with review of medical records.24 Shorter versions of this questionnaire for evaluating parental depressive disorders, 25 substance abuse, 26 and parental history of physical abuse as a child27 compared favorably to the original measures in terms of accuracy.

For example, in the NSCAW study, foster children with experiences of severe maltreatment exhibited more compromised outcomes.32 Other scholars suggest that foster care may even be a protective factor against the negative consequences of maltreatment.33 Similarly, it has been suggested that foster care results in more positive outcomes for children than does reunification with biological families.34 Further, some studies suggest that the psychosocial vulnerability of the child and family is more predictive of outcome than any other factor.35 Despite these caveats, the evidence suggests that foster care placement and the foster care experience more generally are associated with poorer developmental outcomes for children.

However, depressed children and adolescents may also experience unique psychosocial risks, such as poor parenting or family discord, especially if these risks are genetically mediated.10, 11 Additional support for the hypothesis that juvenile - and adult - onset MDD are distinct subtypes would be demonstrated if early childhood psychosocial risks were differentially associated with juvenile vs adult - onset MDD.

Eight studies that examined the identification of psychosocial risk factors for poor parenting, quality of the home environment for supporting child development, and office assessment of the parent - child relationship were reviewed (Table 1).

The research on adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and early brain development has demonstrated that psychosocial stressors are «toxic» to the developing brain and metabolic systems of the young child, resulting in poor mental health, cognitive disability, and chronic disease.

Psychosocial mediators such as history, relationships with mainstream services and connectedness may be key mediators of health for Indigenous Australians.1 Cultural values, poor health, and low socioeconomic status2 create a need for anti-smoking approaches to be tailored for Indigenous populations.3 The high overall rate of smoking in these communities potentially normalises smoking for individuals.4, 5 Low literacy levels and high rates of misuse of other substances are also associated with low rates of smoking cessation.6 Consequently, health services and health promotion programs should be specifically designed to meet the needs of this vulnerable population.

3 THE EXTENT AND CHARACTER OF HEALTH INEQUALITIES IN THE EARLY YEARS 3.1 Key findings about health inequalities in the first four years 3.2 Introduction 3.3 Pregnancy, birth and the first three months 3.3.1 Risk factors and health outcomes in the early years 3.3.2 Inequalities in the early stages 3.4 Health measures in the first four years of life 3.5 Overview of health outcomes 3.5.1 Physical health 3.5.2 Problems reported by parents 3.5.3 Psychosocial health 3.5.4 Body mass index 3.6 Inequalities in health outcomes 3.6.1 Area deprivation 3.6.2 Household income 3.6.3 Socio - economic classification (NS - SEC) 3.6.4 Conclusion 3.7 Exposure to risk factors likely to have an adverse impact on health 3.8 Inequalities in exposure to risk factors for poor health outcomes 3.8.1 Area deprivation 3.8.2 Houshold income 3.8.3 Socio - economic classification (NS - SEC) 3.8.4 Conclusion 3.9 Summary measure of negative outcomes

Furthermore, externalizing problems are associated with many poor outcomes later in life, such as impairments in academic and psychosocial functioning, delinquency and substance abuse [3]--[7].

Fact: «Controlling for predivorce parental socioeconomic and psychosocial resources fully accounts for poorer child mental health at initial interview among children whose parents later divorce... a significant interaction between parental divorce and predivorce levels of family dysfunction suggests that child antisocial behavior decreases when marriages in highly dysfunctional families are dissolved.»

Early childhood stunting is association with poor psychological functioning in late adolescence and effects are reduced by psychosocial stimulation

Thus, there appears to be a paradoxical relationship between socioeconomic factors and cognitive status: poor social cognitive status can contribute to psychosocial and biological vulnerability, which can then serve to further deteriorate supportive social resources [57].

Specifically, this study's hypotheses were (a) children's report of better health - related QOL prior to pump transition would be associated with less family conflict, more family cohesion, better psychosocial functioning, and better metabolic control; (b) children's health - related QOL would improve over the transition to the pump; and (c) the amount of change in children's health - related QOL would be predicted by less family conflict, more family cohesion, better psychosocial functioning, and poorer metabolic control.

Parents with high neuroticism scores were characterized by low psychosocial functioning, poor parenting, more dependent stressful life events, and the use of more emotion - focused and less task - oriented coping skills.