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Showing 1 to 20 of 28 for “"Parental knowledge"”.
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Increasing parental knowledge in treatment of childhood fever
… young children (Kramer, Naimark, & Leduc, 1985). Parental lack of knowledge regarding the management of pediatric fever plays a roll in this phenomenon. The problem addressed in this study is inappropriate parental usage of emergency treatment resources for the treatment of non-emergent childhood …
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A Descriptive Study of Parental Knowledge and Attitudes about Concussions
The purpose of this study was to investigate the knowledge and attitudes of parents of high school football players in the Springfield, MO area. This study examined participants' knowledge and attitudes about concussions based on factors such as the participant's gender, the family's previous …
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Analysis Regarding Parental Knowledge of Services for the Mentally Retarded
It is the purpose of this study (1) to determine what parents know about the services that are available for the mentally retarded in the State of Washington; (2) to report these findings; and (3) to compare these findings with the services and facilities that are available in the state.
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Relationship Between Child Temperament, Parental Knowledge of Child Development, and Parental Stress
… that temperament of children has been related to parental frustration and lack of child developmental knowledge has led to unrealistic expectations and parental stress, definitive information is needed regarding the relationship between (1) child temperament, (2) parental knowledge of child …
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An evaluation of parental knowledge of childhood asthma in a Family Practice setting
… of this study was to measure and evaluate parental knowledge and misconceptions with regard to asthma and its treatment, to identify parental concerns with regard to the disease and its effects on their children, and to identify selected socio-demographic and medical correlates of the …
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Self-Disclosure, Secrecy, and Parental Knowledge in Caucasian and Latino Youth Managing Type 1 Diabetes
… to gain insight into their connections with parental knowledge and adolescent type 1 diabetes management. This is the first study to examine adolescent diabetes-related disclosure and secrecy in a diverse sample while considering the broader context of the parent-adolescent relationship. …
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Parent-child acculturation discrepancy, parental knowledge, peer deviance, and adolescent delinquency in Chinese immigrant families
… delinquency, through the mediating pathway of parental knowledge of the child’s daily experiences relating to child’s contact with deviant peers. Based on the absolute difference in acculturation levels (tested separately for Chinese and American orientations) between adolescents and parents, …
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Parental emotion socialization in Chinese and US families: Roles of parents' beliefs about emotions and self-construals
… the importance of identifying determinants of parental emotion socialization (ES) to clarify how and why parents engage in ES practices. Furthermore, emotions occur within cultural contexts. Recent work has drawn attention to the importance of cross-cultural research for developmental science. …
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The Role of a Family History of Alcohol or Drug Abuse on PTSD Outcomes Following Community Violence Exposure
… higher levels of PTSD symptoms. Furthermore, parental knowledge was an independent predictor of PTSD symptoms in each of the models. Lower levels of parental knowledge were associated with higher levels of youth-reported PTSD symptoms. Overall, the study findings support the need to examine …
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Why monitoring doesn't always matter: The situational role of parental monitoring in adolescent crime
Parental monitoring of settings is not always relevant for the prevention of adolescent crime because adolescents with strong personal moral rules and the ability to exercise self control are unlikely to offend even when they are unsupervised and know that their parents have little knowledge about …
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Parent education in family literacy programs: a mixed methods study
… Parents as Teachers program influenced parents’ parental knowledge, parenting efficacy, and parental behaviors. Quantitative data were collected through surveys using questions from the Knowledge of Infant Development Inventory- Short Form- Short Form (KIDI-SF) and the Parental Sense of …
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Virtual Walk-In Single Session Therapy: A Multiple-Case Study of Parents' Self-Efficacy
… that virtual SST provided parents with greater parental knowledge and concrete collaborative problem-solving strategies that improved parent-child interactions. Further, the emotional support received at the SST reduced parents' distress while increasing hopefulness in the parenting role. In …
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Parental Factors Impacting Neurobehavioral Late Effects in Latino Pediatric Cancer Survivors
… was used to explore the hypothesis that higher parental knowledge, self-efficacy, pro-learning behaviors, and level of acculturation would have an impact on child neurocognitive function and health related quality of life in cancer survivor children. A sample of 73 Latino parents and caregivers …
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PARENTING CHALLENGES AND RESILIENCIES OF LATINO IMMIGRANT PARENTS
… Latino immigrant parents lacked and what knowledge and parenting skills they already obtained. This study specifically looked at Latino immigrant parents and their specific needs regarding parental knowledge and resources. This study used a qualitative design accomplished through the use …
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A Longitudinal Examination of the Influences of Family Processes and Demographic Variables on Adolescent Weight
… parent-adolescent relationship, monitoring or parental knowledge, control, family meals, and parenting styles. Race, sex, family structure, income, and mother Body Mass Index (BMI) were also included. A sub-sample of 4,688 adolescents from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997 was used …
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Electronic Cigarette Education for Parents of Adolescents
… evidence-based educational handout to increase knowledge of electronic cigarette health risks and improve intentions to discuss these risks with their adolescent. Background. In the United States, 4 million high school and 840,000 middle school students reported using electronic cigarettes in …
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Considering consent : an analysis of factors influencing parental perceptions of decisional quality in the context of newborn screening
… yet research has tended to revolve around parental knowledge and information provision. These studies say little in terms of actual or perceived decisional quality or whether parents are making an informed choice. Taking an exploratory sequential mixed methods approach, the present study …
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A study of persistent absence from school in Sheffield : Prevalence and associated educational, psychological and social factors.
… and less than 20 per cent to absence without parental knowledge; (f) that less than 33 per cent of absentees were known to the police. To obtain information on social, psychological and educational variables associated with absence, interviews were carried out with all unauthorised absentees …
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Variants of Uncertain Clinical Significance In Pediatric Microarray: Parent Perspectives
… integrate into pediatric genetic evaluation, parental perspective on the process is important, especially as it relates to VUS. As most parents do not have formal training in genetics, assessment of their level of understanding and evaluation of their perception of current practice is …
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