Middle Childhood (5-12 years)
Parental Stress, Discipline Strategies, and Child Behavior Problems in Families with Young Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders
The current study investigated the parent–child relationship by examining associations between parent stress, parental discipline strategies, child disruptive behavior problems, and level of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) symptoms.
2017
Parental Stress, Discipline Strategies, and Child Behavior Problems in Families with Young Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders
Stress and disruptive behavior in children are often topics of concern among parents. This study examined the association between parental stress, parenting strategies, and disruptive behavior problems in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD).
2017
Disparities in Quality and Access to Care for Children with Developmental Disabilities and Multiple Health Conditions
Background: The Maternal Child Health Bureau identified six indicators of quality and accessibility essential in achieving coordinated, family-centered, community-based care for children with special healthcare needs (CSHCN).
2017
Communication, Coping, and Connections: Campers' and Parents' Perspectives of Self-Efficacy and Benefits of Participation in Deployment Support Camps
Military youth have unique challenges, particularly when a parent is deployed. Camp participation has been linked to multiple positive outcomes, thus camps have become popular as a setting for addressing these youth’s unique needs.
2015
Communication, Coping, and Connections: Campers' and Parents' Perspectives of Self-Efficacy and Benefits of Participation in Deployment Support Camps
Adolescent dependents of Service members experience unique challenges related to military life; deployment support camps may help them cope with some of these challenges.
2015
Parental Autonomy Granting and Child Perceived Control: Effects on the Everyday Emotional Experience of Anxious Youth
Background:Childhood anxiety is associated with low levels of parental autonomy granting and child perceived control, elevated child emotional reactivity and deficits in child emotion regulation.
2016
Parental Autonomy Granting and Child Perceived Control: Effects on the Everyday Emotional Experience of Anxious Youth
Childhood anxiety is associated with a lack of mastering and control. A group of anxious youth were examined to study the relationships among parental autonomy granting, child perceived control, and child emotional reactivity in negative life events.
2016