Sentences with phrase «studies of adolescent mothers»

«Teens are absolutely more likely to feel responsible to the baby if they are breast - feeding,» says Jennifer Maehr, a pediatrician at the University of California at San Diego, and co-author of two studies of adolescent mothers» attitudes toward breast - feeding.

Not exact matches

A study of the dietary intake of Cypriot children and adolescents aged 6 — 18 years and the association of mother's educational status and children's weight status on adherence to nutritional recommendations

Journal of Family and Economic Issues, 25, 245 - 254 Flouri, E. (2004) Subjective well - being in midlife: The role of involvement of and closeness to parents in childhood Journal of Happiness Studies, 5, 335 - 358 Flouri, E. & Buchanan, A. (2003)» The role of father involvement and mother involvement in adolescents» psychological well - being.»

A study of almost 1,300 East Coast hospitals published Tuesday in the September issue of Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine found that 94 percent distributed free samples of infant formula to new mothers, despite opposition from a number of medical and public health organizations.

Erkut et al (2005), studying Puerto Rican adolescent fathers, found their involvement influenced by child characteristics, their own perceptions of their fathering competence, social support — and the quality of relationship with their baby's mother

Colic, crying, round - the - clock wakings — is it any wonder that parents experience high rates of depression in the first year after the birth of a child?A study of British parents in the Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine has found that more than one - third of mothers and about one - fifth of fathers seem to have weathered depression sometime between becoming parents and their children's 12th birthday, with the most episodes occurring in the first year after birth.

In what is perhaps the most comprehensive investigation of the implications of different kinds of family structures for the well - being of teenagers, Thomas Deleire and Ariel Kalil studied more than 11,000 adolescents raised in ten different kinds of households, including, for example, households with married parents, biological cohabiting parents, single mothers (divorced, always - single, and cohabiting considered separately), divorced single mothers in multi-generational households, and always - single mothers in multigenerational households.

In a research project published in November 2014 in Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, scientists at the University of Pittsburgh studied the reaction of normally developing adolescent females to a recording of criticism from their own mothers.

The March 1997 Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine described one young person's horror on learning that «she» had been born a normal male, but that a circumciser had burned his penis off when he was a baby.60 Many other similar cases have been documented.61, 62 Infant circumcision has a reported death rate of one in 500,000.63, 64 · Circumcision harms mothers: Scientific studies have consistently shown that circumcision disrupts a child's behavioral development.

For instance, in one recent study, adolescents who had been coached by their mothers showed a pattern of decreasing behavior problems over time (Shortt et al 2010).

This warrants further study, but also serves as a reminder to look not only at the adolescent mother as an individual but in the context of her family environment.

In with respect to the quality of mother - infant relations, a prospective longitudinal study of around 1000 young New Zealanders found a small but significant association between breastfeeding duration and adolescents» perceptions of maternal care, with a longer duration of breastfeeding being associated with increased adolescent perceptions of maternal nurturance.9 This association persisted after statistical control for a wide range of the selection factors noted above.

One study of 244 formerly depressed adolescents found that those whose mothers had a history of major depression were more likely to experience a recurrence of depression between the ages of 19 and 24, and had more frequent and severe depressive episodes.

Seattle director Megan Griffiths (SIFF prizewinner for Eden in 2012) returns with a study of an adolescent girl who plots an unorthodox solution to the long absences of her military father and the wavering fidelity of her mother (played by the great Melanie Lynskey, who'll be in town as the recipient of a festival tribute this year).

For instance, in one recent study, adolescents who had been coached by their mothers showed a pattern of decreasing behavior problems over time (Shortt et al 2010).

These findings approximate those of the more recent National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well - Being (NSCAW) that 20 percent of children in an investigation for abuse and neglect had a mother who, by either the child welfare worker's or mother's account, was involved with drugs or alcohol; that figure rises to 42 percent for children who are placed into foster care.7 These studies have clearly established a positive relationship between a caregiver's substance abuse and child maltreatment among children in out - of - home care and among children in the general population.

Stigma experiences in youth with facial differences: A multi-site study of adolescents and their mothers

Christine Buchanan, Eleanor Maccoby, and Sanford Dornbusch found that adolescents had fewer emotional and behavior problems following divorce if their mothers remarried than if they cohabited with a partner.31 Similarly, two studies of African American families found that children were better off in certain respects if they lived with stepfathers than with their mother's cohabiting partners.32 In contrast, Susan Brown found no significant differences between children in married and cohabiting stepfamilies.33 Although these data suggest that children may be better off if single mothers marry their partners rather than cohabit, the small number of studies on this topic makes it difficult to draw firm conclusions.

Some studies, such as those testing the efficacy of the Nurse - Family Partnership program across several sites, have shown positive outcomes in multiple domains for both mothers and children, with some of these effects continuing into the adolescent years.

The primary studies conducted under the aegis of the Adolescent Study Program include the Cross-Sectional Adolescent Girls» Study, the Early Adolescence Study, the Late Adolescence Study, the Mother — Daughter Interactions Study, the Bone Density Study, and the Girls» Health and Development Project.

Longitudinal study of early childhood injuries and acute illness in the offspring of adolescent mothers who were aggressive, withdrawn, or aggressive - withdrawn in childhood.

Indicators of parent - child relationships from the perspective of adolescents studied by «Reflected parental attitude questionnaire» (A.Y. Varga, V.V. Stolin, modification by E.V. Romanova, M.V. Galimzyanova); «Features of parental attitude inventory» (E.V. Romanova, A.N. Sleptsova); «Kinetic family drawing» (R. Burns, S. Kaufman); drawings «My world», «Mother's world», «Father's world» (E.V. Romanova).

A total of 315 adolescent offspring participated in a follow - up study when they were 15 years old; 280 (89 %) were born to white mothers, 195 (62 %) to unmarried mothers, 151 (48 %) to mothers younger than 19 years, and 186 (59 %) to mothers from households of low socioeconomic status at the time of registration during pregnancy.

Criteria for no comparable services were maternal age 18 years or older (adolescent mothers routinely receive parenting services at our institution) and no participation in the prior study of VIP or BB.

I gathered data during a 3 - year participant - observation study of mothers enrolled in a high school program for adolescent parents.

[7] Although recent studies have indicated that maternal warmth, praise, and quality of relationship are associated with reductions of behavior problems in adolescents and adults with autism, and that maternal criticisms are associated with maladaptive behaviors and symptoms, these ideas are distinct from the refrigerator mother hypothesis.

There, social and developmental research psychologists not only observed mothers and babies, but began to study the long - term effects of secure and insecure attachment on adolescents and adults.

All these studies, however, also report that the quality of the mother - child relationship has a stronger, more consistent effect on adolescent well - being than the father - child relationship... The effects of nonresident father involvement on adolescent well - being found in this study are clearly modest.

Fact: «The primary aim of this study is to assess how multiple dimensions of nonresident father involvement are associated with different dimensions of adolescent well - being... studies provide some limited evidence that nonresident father - child closeness and authoritative parenting practices may contribute to adolescent well - being independently of the mother - child relationship.

She is also the principal investigator of a complementary study within the SHM project, funded by the William T. Grant Foundation, that uses a daily diary measurement approach to catalog everyday family interactions among mothers, fathers, and adolescent children.

Study 2 recruited 127 adolescent - parent dyads (Adolescent Mage 15.30, SD = 2.30; 58 % female; Parent Mage = 46.01, SD = 11.02; 67 % mothers) and found that parent - reports of the degree to which they are aware of their son / daughter's strengths and the degree to which they encouraged their son / daughter to use their strengths explained additional variance in life satisfaction in adolescents beyond their adolescent son / daughter's own strengths - knowledge and strengadolescent - parent dyads (Adolescent Mage 15.30, SD = 2.30; 58 % female; Parent Mage = 46.01, SD = 11.02; 67 % mothers) and found that parent - reports of the degree to which they are aware of their son / daughter's strengths and the degree to which they encouraged their son / daughter to use their strengths explained additional variance in life satisfaction in adolescents beyond their adolescent son / daughter's own strengths - knowledge and strengAdolescent Mage 15.30, SD = 2.30; 58 % female; Parent Mage = 46.01, SD = 11.02; 67 % mothers) and found that parent - reports of the degree to which they are aware of their son / daughter's strengths and the degree to which they encouraged their son / daughter to use their strengths explained additional variance in life satisfaction in adolescents beyond their adolescent son / daughter's own strengths - knowledge and strengadolescent son / daughter's own strengths - knowledge and strengths - use.

Psychometric properties of the Dutch version of the Interpersonal Mindfulness in Parenting Scale (IM - P) were studied in a general population sample of mothers of adolescents (n = 866)(study 1).

These expected indications of construct validity were found in study 2, as well as in mothers (n = 112) of adolescents with type 1 diabetes mellitus (study 3) which was added to examine whether the Dutch version of the IM - P was also valid in a pediatric population.

In a second general population sample of mothers of adolescents (n = 199), the six - factor structure was confirmed using confirmatory factor analysis (study 2).

The purpose of the present study was to examine aspects of adolescent well - being (depressive symptoms, self - efficacy for diabetes management, and adherence) and the associations with adolescents» and mothers» perceptions of three dimensions of maternal parenting style (psychological control, firm control, and acceptance).

The interrelations of maternal attachment representations, mother — infant interaction in the home, and attachment relationships were studied in 99 adolescent mothers and their 12 - month - old infants.

Second, a link between interpersonal enjoyment of collaboration and adjustment was found in our study of adolescents with type 1 diabetes collaborating with their mothers (Berg, Schindler, & Maharajh, 2008).

After the adolescent assented and the mother consented to participate in the study, following procedures approved by the university's institutional review board, they completed the questionnaires and participated in a 15 - min videotaped discussion of diabetes stress.

In this line of results, recent studies (García - Linares et al. 2011; Nishikawa et al. 2010) have asserted that the father's behavior toward the adolescent is as important to the child's well - being as the mother's.

This study, from a sample of ∼ 22 000 children and their mothers and fathers representative of the entire US population, demonstrates that living with fathers with depressive symptoms and other mental health problems is independently associated with increased rates of emotional or behavioral problems among school - aged children and adolescents.

The current study measured adolescent perceptions of maternal anxious parenting (a combination of overprotection and expression of anxiety), mothers» levels of anxiousness, and adolescents» anxiety symptoms in 421 girls in grade 7 and their mothers.

Moreover, strength of the present study is that mothers» and fathers» encouragement for PA on adolescent PA and subsequent body satisfaction were examined separately.

One study explored relations between parent and adolescent aggressive behaviors in a nonclinical and non-court-referred sample by gathering mother, father, and adolescent reports of various behaviors over 8 years (i.e., at ages 10, 11, 12, 15, and 18)(Margolin and Baucom 2014).

Although some studies have demonstrated similar parenting characteristics between mother and fathers (Pleck and Hofferth, 2008), others underlined the specific role of fathers for adolescents (e.g., separation — individuation process)(Pleck, 2007; McBride et al., 2009).

There has been little work examining both positive (e.g., acceptance) and negative (e.g., conflict) aspects of parent — adolescent relationship quality in a single study, so this study contributes to our understanding of how these processes affect adolescent diabetes management and depressive symptoms across different domains of the relationship with both mothers and fathers.

This longitudinal study investigated the links between adolescents» perceptions of attachment security in their relationships with their mothers and fathers and developmental trajectories of depressive symptoms in a community sample of 414 adolescents (45 % males).

In a previous paper, Cerutti et al. found higher rates of alexithymia in mothers of adolescents with migraine (33); this study, however, did not consider the effect of maternal alexithymia on patients» migraine severity.

In a series of single - case studies, a mindfulness - based parenting program was found to reduce the adolescents» aggressive and disruptive behavior and to increase their compliance with the mother's requests (Singh et al. 2014).

(1) Our data are derived from children / adolescents (and mothers) referred to our tertiary Headache Center and may not be representative of the whole pediatric population suffering from migraine without aura; (2) The psychological tools employed in our study (TAS - 20, ASQ, SAFA - A, D, and S) have a self - report nature; although, they have been considered valid for psychological screening, they are not suitable for a formal diagnosis of psychiatric disorder; moreover, ASQ, as a self - report questionnaire, may not be able to elicit stress and danger situations, which are indispensable to activate the attachment system; (3) In future studies, it would be important to further explore not only the role of maternal attachment and alexithymia but also the role of maternal migraine features on their children's migraine severity, attachment style, and psychological profile.

This study examined the mediating role of loneliness (assessed by self - report at Time 2; Grade 6) in the relation between early social preference (assessed by peer report at Time 1; kindergarten through Grade 3) and adolescent anxious / depressed symptoms (assessed by mother, teacher, and self - reports at Time 3; Grades 7 — 9).