Importance Of Parental Attitudes Research Articles

Impact of parental attributes on the oral health-related quality of life of Brazilian preschool children.

Considering the importance of parental attitudes and their influence on children's oral health, it is important to know which characteristics may impact it. The aim of this population study was to evaluate the impact of the parental sociodemographic characteristics on the oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) of preschool children from southeastern Brazil. A population-based study was conducted with a sample of 321 children aged 2 to 5years old who underwent a calibrated clinical oral examination to assess oral health status and their parents were asked to answer the two following questionnaires: (1) sociodemographic conditions and (2) Brazilian version of the Early Childhood Oral Health Impact Scale (B-ECOHIS). Descriptive analysis, Mann-Whitney and Kruskal-Wallis tests and adjusted Poisson regression models were used. Younger mothers (RP: 1.47; 95% CI: 1.11-1.95), lower household income (RP: 1.47; 95% CI: 1.11-1.96) and the presence of dental caries (RP: 2.28; 95% CI: 1.74-3.0) were more likely to have a negative impact on the OHRQoL B-ECOHIS total scores (P < 0.01). The characteristics of mothers, such as age, schooling and salary, influenced the mean B-ECOHIS total score; however, paternal attributes were not associated with a negative impact on the children's quality of life. Also, dental caries and household income influenced the children's oral health-related quality of life.

Alcohol drinking among adolescents with native-Swedish and non-European immigrant background: the importance of parental attitudes and peer attitudes for acculturation

In this study, we examine differences in alcohol drinking between first- and second-generation non-European immigrant and native-Swedish adolescents. We also examine whether parental and peer attitudes toward alcohol are associated with the acculturation of drinking habits among adolescents with an immigrant background. The study is cross-sectional and based on a school survey conducted in 2016–2019 in eight municipalities in southern Sweden. The sample consists of 3743 adolescents in year 9 of compulsory education, aged 14–15 years, of which 538 (14.4%) had a non-European immigrant background. Non-European immigrant adolescents reported significantly lower levels of drinking than native-Swedish adolescents. Second-generation immigrants reported a higher level of consumption than first-generation immigrants, and among first-generation adolescents, drinking was more prevalent the longer the adolescents had resided in Sweden, which suggests acculturation of drinking habits. This acculturation is mainly related to changes in peer attitudes toward alcohol. Immigrant adolescents with a longer stay in Sweden reported having friends with more positive attitudes toward alcohol. Among first-generation immigrants, drinking was more common among boys than girls. These differences were primarily found among immigrant adolescents with a relatively short period of residence in Sweden, which suggests that acculturation occurs more quickly among boys than among girls.

Child self-esteem and different parenting styles of mothers: a cross-sectional study

Aim of the studySeveral factors affect the formation of self-esteem in children. Given the importance of parental attitudes and educational practices in development of a sense of self-worth in children, this study aimed to investigate the relationship between parenting styles and self-esteem in primary school children .Subject or material and methodsThis cross-sectional study was conducted on primary school children in Zahedan during 2013-2014. The data were collected using Cooper-Smith Self-Esteem Inventory and Diana Baumrind Parenting Style Inventory. Then, the data were described using mean, standard deviation, and frequency, and were analyzed using multivariate regression analysis and Pearson’s correlation coefficient. All analyses were performed using the SPSS statistical software, version 16.frequency, and multivariate regression test as well as Pearson correlation coefficient was applied for data analysis. The SPSS software version 16 was also used for data analysisResultsThe results showed that the total mean score of self-esteem was 32.5±5.6 and most parenting styles were authoritative (80.6%). In addition, a significant relationship was found between self-esteem and authoritative parenting style (p&lt;0.05).DiscussionAccording to the present study, the data related to predict self-esteem through the use of parenting styles indicated that authoritative parenting style is a significant predictor of self-esteem. Furthermore, authoritative parenting style is a significant predictor of a child's self-esteem and this suggests that self-esteem is significantly higher in those who have parents with authoritative parenting styleConclusionsThe study results indicated that authoritative parenting style was a significant predictor of children’s self-esteem. In other words, children of parents with authoritative parenting style had significantly higher self-esteem.

I think I can’t, I think I can’t: associations between parental pessimism, child affect and children’s well‐being

The present study was designed to examine the relations between parental pessimism and peer relations and health in preschool children and to examine the role that child positive and negative affect played within this relationship. Thirty‐seven mothers and their children (mean age = 48.1 months) volunteered from local preschools and daycares within a mid‐sized Atlantic Canadian city. Mothers completed the Generalized Expectancy for Success Scale—Revised, as well as the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule and a brief demographic questionnaire. Teachers completed the Preschool Play Behaviour Scale. Results revealed significant correlations between parental pessimism and child affectivity and social play, and between child affectivity and various types of play behavior. Significant interactions were also found between parental pessimism and child affectivity in the prediction of social play behavior. Results are discussed in terms of the importance of parental attitudes to a child’s social and physical well‐being.

The relative importance of parental attitudes and behavior upon youth smoking behavior.

The purpose of the study was to assess the relative importance of parental attitudes about smoking and parental smoking behavior as factors associated with youth smoking behavior. Knowledge of the relative importance of each variable could enhance antismoking educational efforts. Data were collected from 5,409 central Illinois school-age youth in grades 7-12. Data were analyzed by sex. A variety of attitudinal, behavioral and behavior intention questions relative to risk factors, including smoking, were developed. Specific questions about parental attitudes, parental behavior, and the youth's smoking behavior were included. Descriptive and chi-square statistical analyses were utilized. Results indicate that both factors are significantly associated with youth smoking behavior. However, it appears that parental attitudes may exert a more significant impact than parental behavior. Whereas parental behavior seems to be associated with a doubling of the youth smoking rate, it appears that parental attitude is associated with an approximately fourfold increase. These results need to be interpreted within the larger context that a number of variables, and not just smoking attitudes and parental behavior have been found to be associated with youth smoking behavior. However, within this overall context it appears that parental attitude toward youth smoking is a more significant factor associated with youth smoking behavior than parental behavior. As such, those involved with youth antismoking educational efforts may find it helpful to include this factor.

Body Image Development in the Burned Child

This descriptive study presents an approach to body image development in burned children. Disorders may occur at any level of body image experience including Body Schemata, Body Self, Body Fantasy or Body Concept. The associated defense patterns and symptoms are described with three case examples and treatment recommendations. The importance of parental attitudes toward the child's physical defects and emotional reactions is emphasized.

Child behavior problems and parental attitudes.

If modern personality theory and clinical practice have any basis in fact, the importance of parental attitudes in the origin of behavior problems among children can be assumed. The nature of the relationships between parent and child behavior, however, cannot merely be assumed, but must either be derived from or confirmed by empirical research. For some time, the investigators have been engaged in a program of study designed to clarify certain associations between parental characteristics and behavior tendencies of children. The work parallels a great deal of previous research in this area, but differs from most of the latter in the systematic inclusion of variables derived from examination of fathers. In most contemporary research, and in the usual clinical management of child behavior problems, emphasis on the maternal influence is overwhelmingly strong. Consequent neglect of the attitudes and other qualities of fathers has, until now, been justified only by assumption or convenience, and the assumption has seemed to us to require test. Two studies (I, 5), involving the examination of characteristics of both parents in reference to certain behavior tendencies among children, offered such a test and yielded, among others, the following results: i. Contrary to general assumption, the attitudes of fathers were at least as intimately related as the attitudes of mothers to the occurrence and form of maladjustive tendencies among children.

The RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PARENTAL ACCEPTANCE AND ADJUSTMENT OF CHILDREN1

The importance of parental attitudes in the development of personal and social behavior is one of the basic tenets in the fields of child development and parent education. In the clinician's therapy room this relationship seems obvious. In the classroom a teacher may often be sure the reason Johnny can't is because of parental attitudes. But can the generalizations from the clinician or from the teacher or, for that matter, from studies of atypical samples of families and children in general be valid guides for assessing the behavior of children?

Your Deaf Child

This is a book written for parents of deaf or hard-of-hearing children. The author is a clinical psychologist whose entire career has been in the field of the education and the psychologic testing of children with impaired hearing. He discusses many of the special problems arising in the rearing of a child with a hearing loss, and gives a good deal of sound advice on a variety of subjects: importance of parental attitudes in child training, discipline, speech training, vocational selection, etc.