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OBJECTIVE: The present study examined the relation between parental ADHD symptomatology and parent-child behavior among 46 mothers and 26 fathers of ADHD children. RESULTS: Fathers' self-reports of inattention and impulsivity were strongly associated with self-reports of lax parenting both before and after parent training, and with self-reports of overreactivity after parent training. Fathers' impulsivity was also associated with more arguing during audiotaped observations of parent-child interactions prior to parent training. Mothers' self-reports of inattention were modestly associated with self-reports of laxness before and after parent training. Prior to parent training, there were non-linear relations between mothers' inattention and observations of mother-child behavior, with mothers who reported moderate levels of inattention engaging in the most negative parent-child interactions. After parent training, these relations were linear, with the mothers who reported the most inattention engaging in the most negative parent-child interactions. These results were weakened but were generally still significant when parental depression and alcohol use were controlled.
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Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity/psychology , Parent-Child Relations , Parenting , Parents/psychology , Role , Adult , Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity/epidemiology , Child , Child, Preschool , Depression/epidemiology , Depression/psychology , Female , Humans , Impulsive Behavior/psychology , Male , Surveys and QuestionnairesABSTRACT
Utilized a pattern-based approach to discover the different constellations of perceived social transactions separately for family and peer systems and explored the risk and protective functions of these microsystem profiles for both depression and antisocial behavior among a sample of ethnically and racially diverse urban adolescents living in poverty. Measures of perceived social support, involvement and hassles with family and peers, as well as perceived social acceptance and peers' values were entered into two sets of iterative cluster analyses to identify distinct profiles of family and peer transactions. From each of the perceived family and peer transactional analyses, six replicated profiles emerged. Several of the profiles were consistent with expectations from prior literature such as Enmeshing families and Rejecting peer networks, while others were novel and intriguing such as Entangling peers. Family profiles were consistent in their risk and protective associations for both depression and antisocial behavior, while the peer profiles varied in their effects for each developmental outcome. For example, the Rejecting peer profile placed adolescents at increased risk for depression but protected them from antisocial behavior. Implications for future research and preventive intervention are discussed.
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Adolescent Behavior/psychology , Family/psychology , Peer Group , Poverty , Risk-Taking , Urban Population/statistics & numerical data , Adolescent , Child , Cluster Analysis , Depressive Disorder/psychology , Female , Humans , Interpersonal Relations , Male , Social Behavior Disorders/psychology , Social Desirability , Social Support , Social Values , Socioeconomic Factors , Stress, Psychological/psychologyABSTRACT
This study explored the effects of structural and experiential neighborhood factors and developmental stage on antisocial behavior, among a sample of poor urban adolescents in New York City. Conceptually and empirically distinct profiles of neighborhood experience were derived from the data, based on measures of perceived neighborhood cohesion, poverty-related hassles, and involvement in neighborhood organizations and activities. Both the profiles of neighborhood experience and a measure of census-tract-level neighborhood hazard (poverty and violence) showed relationships to antisocial behavior. Contrary to expectation, higher levels of antisocial behavior were reported among adolescents residing in moderate-structural-risk neighborhoods than those in high-structural-risk neighborhoods. This effect held only for teens in middle (not early) adolescence and was stronger for teens perceiving their neighborhoods as hassling than for those who did not. Implications for future research and preventive intervention are discussed.
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Antisocial Personality Disorder/psychology , Personality Development , Poverty/psychology , Social Environment , Urban Population , Adolescent , Antisocial Personality Disorder/prevention & control , Baltimore , Child , Cultural Diversity , District of Columbia , Female , Humans , Male , New York City , Psychosocial Deprivation , Risk Factors , Social Perception , Socialization , Violence/prevention & control , Violence/psychologyABSTRACT
Liposarcoma of the head and neck is rare. Because of its rarity, we report this case of pleomorphic liposarcoma of the left pterygomandibular space, involving the maxilla, maxillary sinus, left lateral maxillary wall, left maxillary gingiva with extension into the buccal space, retro-orbital region, left mandibular ramus, and left zygomatic process. To our knowledge, there are only two other reported cases of liposarcoma involving the maxilla, one of which was a pleomorphic liposarcoma. The pertinent literature is reviewed with an emphasis on the importance of histopathologic classification.
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Head and Neck Neoplasms/pathology , Liposarcoma/pathology , Adolescent , Female , HumansABSTRACT
Pyxis--an automated dispensing and inventory control system that provides supply management at point-of-use--helped us reduce supply expenses and improve productivity.
