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Parent Reactions (parent + reaction)
Selected AbstractsParent Reactions to a School-Based Body Mass Index Screening ProgramJOURNAL OF SCHOOL HEALTH, Issue 5 2009Suzanne Bennett Johnson PhD ABSTRACT Background:, This study assessed parent reactions to school-based body mass index (BMI) screening. Methods:, After a K-8 BMI screening program, parents were sent a letter detailing their child's BMI results. Approximately 50 parents were randomly selected for interview from each of 4 child weight,classification groups (overweight, at risk of overweight, normal weight, underweight) to assess parent recall of the letter, reactions to BMI screening, and actions taken in response to the child's BMI results. Results:, Most parents found the BMI screening letter easy to read and had poor recall of numerical information (eg, the child's BMI percentile) but good recall of the child's weight classification (eg, normal weight or overweight). Most parents, and ethnic-minority parents in particular, supported school-based BMI screening. Parents of children whose weight was outside of the normal range were more likely to recall receiving the letter and talking to the child and the child's doctor about it. Parents who recalled their child as being overweight were more likely to report changing the child's diet and activity level. Most parents, and ethnic-minority parents in particular, wanted their child to participate in an after-school exercise program. An overweight condition in parents, but not children, was associated with an interest in family-based cooking and exercise classes. Conclusions:, Most parents, and ethnic-minority parents in particular, viewed school-based BMI screening and after-school exercise programs favorably. Parents reported taking action in response to a BMI result outside of the normal range. Parents who were overweight themselves were particularly interested in family cooking and exercise classes. [source] A joint study based on the electron localization function and catastrophe theory of the chameleonic and centauric models for the Cope rearrangement of 1,5-hexadiene and its cyano derivativesJOURNAL OF COMPUTATIONAL CHEMISTRY, Issue 14 2005Victor Polo Abstract A novel interpretation of the chameleonic and centauric models for the Cope rearrangements of 1,5-hexadiene (A) and different cyano derivatives (B: 2,5-dicyano, C: 1,3,4,6-tetracyano, and D: 1,3,5-tricyano) is presented by using the topological analysis of the electron localization function (ELF) and Thom's catastrophe theory (CT) on the reaction paths calculated at the B3LYP/6-31G(d,p) level. The progress of the reaction is monitorized by the changes of the ELF structural stability domains (SSD), each being change controlled by a turning point derived from CT. The reaction mechanism of the parent reaction A is characterized by nine ELF SSDs. All processes occur in the vicinity of the transition structure and corresponding to a concerted formation/breaking of C1C6 and C3C4 bonds, respectively, together with an accumulation of charge density onto C2 and C5 atoms. Reaction B presents the same number of ELF SSDs as A, but a different order appears; the presence of 2,5-dicyano substituents favors the formation of C1C6 bonds over the breaking of C3C4 bond process, changing the reaction mechanism from a concerted towards a stepwise, via a cyclohexane biradical intermediate. On the other side, reaction C presents the same type of turning points but two ELF SSD less than A or B; there is an enhancement of the C3C4 bond breaking process at an earlier stage of the reaction by delocalizing the electrons from the C3C4 bond among the cyano groups. In the case of competitive effects of cyano subsituents on each moiety, as it is for reaction D, seven different ELF SSDs have been identified separated by eight turning points (two of them occur simultaneously). Both processes, formation/breaking of C1C6 and C3C4 bonds, are slightly favored with respect to the parent reaction (A), and the TS presents mixed electronic features of both B and C. The employed methodology provides theoretical support for the centauric nature (half-allyl, half-radical) for the TS of D. © 2005 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Comput Chem 26: 1427,1437, 2005 [source] Parent Reactions to a School-Based Body Mass Index Screening ProgramJOURNAL OF SCHOOL HEALTH, Issue 5 2009Suzanne Bennett Johnson PhD ABSTRACT Background:, This study assessed parent reactions to school-based body mass index (BMI) screening. Methods:, After a K-8 BMI screening program, parents were sent a letter detailing their child's BMI results. Approximately 50 parents were randomly selected for interview from each of 4 child weight,classification groups (overweight, at risk of overweight, normal weight, underweight) to assess parent recall of the letter, reactions to BMI screening, and actions taken in response to the child's BMI results. Results:, Most parents found the BMI screening letter easy to read and had poor recall of numerical information (eg, the child's BMI percentile) but good recall of the child's weight classification (eg, normal weight or overweight). Most parents, and ethnic-minority parents in particular, supported school-based BMI screening. Parents of children whose weight was outside of the normal range were more likely to recall receiving the letter and talking to the child and the child's doctor about it. Parents who recalled their child as being overweight were more likely to report changing the child's diet and activity level. Most parents, and ethnic-minority parents in particular, wanted their child to participate in an after-school exercise program. An overweight condition in parents, but not children, was associated with an interest in family-based cooking and exercise classes. Conclusions:, Most parents, and ethnic-minority parents in particular, viewed school-based BMI screening and after-school exercise programs favorably. Parents reported taking action in response to a BMI result outside of the normal range. Parents who were overweight themselves were particularly interested in family cooking and exercise classes. [source] Parental rules and communication: their association with adolescent smokingADDICTION, Issue 6 2005Zeena Harakeh ABSTRACT Aims To examine the association between parental rules and communication (also referred to as antismoking socialization) and adolescents' smoking. Design and participants A cross-sectional study including 428 Dutch two-parent families with at least two adolescent children (aged 13,17 years). Measurements Parents' and adolescents' reports on an agreement regarding smoking by adolescents, smoking house rules, parental confidence in preventing their child from smoking, frequency and quality of communication about smoking, and parent's reactions to smoking experimentation. Findings Compared with fathers and adolescents, mothers reported being more involved in antismoking socialization. There were robust differences in antismoking socialization efforts between smoking and non-smoking parents. Perceived parental influence and frequency and quality of communication about smoking were associated with adolescents' smoking. The association between antismoking socialization practices and adolescents' smoking was not moderated by birth order, parents' smoking or gender of the adolescent. Conclusions Encouraging parents, whether or not they themselves smoke, to discuss smoking-related issues with their children in a constructive and respectful manner is worth exploring as an intervention strategy to prevent young people taking up smoking. [source] Gender and parents' reactions to children's emotion during the preschool yearsNEW DIRECTIONS FOR CHILD & ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT, Issue 128 2010Amy Kennedy Root In this chapter, the authors examine the differences between mothers and fathers in the socialization of specific emotions in preschool-aged boys and girls. They argue that mothers and fathers play both distinct and complementary roles in the development of children's emotional competence; these roles are influenced both by parents' own gender, as well as the child's gender and the type of emotion being socialized. Through analyses of descriptive data, it appears that mothers and fathers respond to their children's emotions differently. The authors provide a discussion of the potential underlying reasons and potential implications for distinct emotion socialization by mothers and fathers. © Wiley Periodicals, Inc. [source] | ||||||||||