Perceptions of decisional uutonomy of Turkish adolescents and their parents

Estudo objetivou investigar autonomia de decisão de adolescentes turcos de 12-18 anos de idade. Questionário PADM (Perspectivas na Tomada de Decisões por Adolescentes) foi administrado a 372 adolescentes de classe média, alunos de ensino fundamental e médio e a seus pais. O PADM verifica se adolescentes decidem por si mesmos ou se os pais impõem restrições, também se discutem o assunto. Foram usadas análises MANOVA. Os resultados mostraram que respostas afirmativas aumentam com a idade. Na perspectiva de pais e adolescentes a autonomia para tomada de decisões aumenta com a idade, o controle parental diminui, conflitos tendem a diminuir. Houve pequena diferença de gênero: meninas têm maior nível de autonomia decisional, meninos experimentam mais conflitos. As expectativas de autonomia decisional dos adolescentes tendem a ser maiores que as dos pais. Perspectivas de pais e mães sobre autonomia foram bastante similares; os resultados suportam o modelo de família proposto por Kaðýtçýbaþý.

This study attempted to investigate decisional autonomy in Turkish adolescents from 12 to 18 years. The Perspectives on Adolescent Decision Making (PADM) questionnaire was administered to 372 middle class adolescents who attend middle and high schools and to their parents. The PADM assess if adolescents decide for themselves, or parents impose restrictions or adolescents and parents have arguments about the topic. MANOVA analyzes were used. Results showed that affirmative answers increased with age. From adolescent and parents' perspectives adolescent decisional autonomy grows with age, parental control decreases, conflicts between them tended to decrease, on the perspective of parents. There was minor gender differences: girls have higher level of decisional autonomy; boys experience more conflict. Adolescents' decisional autonomy expectations tended to be higher than those of parents. Fathers' and mothers' perspectives on decisional autonomy were very similar. The results support the new family model proposed by Kaðýtçýbaþý.

Clinicopathological correlation of diaphragmatic contraction band necrosis in a neonatal and infantile population--an autopsy study.

Contraction band necrosis' is a lesion widely studied in myocardial fibres (Heart) and to some extent in skeletal and smooth muscles. The phenomenon of Diaphragmatic Contraction Band necrosis (D-CBN) occurring in the diaphragms of 53 neonates and infants removed at autopsy were studied microscopically. Of these D-CBN was present in 19 (35.85%) cases. D-CBN presented in two morphological patterns (I) solid ('Block-like') segmental necrosis in 31.58% cases or (ii) Ribbon-like transfiber (shredded appearance) bands in 15.79% cases. A combination of both the above lesions were observed in a vast majority of cases, i.e. 52.63% cases. A clinicopathological correlation was attempted as regards cause and mode of death with occurrence and severity of D-CBN. It was found that severe D-CBN was present in the group of birth asphyxia (26.92%) and infant infections (20.0%). The presence and frequency of D-CBN in autopsied subjects proved useful in interpreting the cause and mode of death.