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Direct linkHyers, Lauri L.; Cochran, Kelly L.; Schaeffer, Brooke A. – Journal of College Student Development, 2011
This article explores the impact on students when non-university-affiliated conservative fundamentalist Christian groups conduct provocative demonstrations on campus. As university administrators work to balance free speech rights with missions of civility and pluralism, there is a need to assess and address potential adverse impacts of these…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Police, Constitutional Law, Pregnancy
Kazukauskas, Kelly A.; Lam, Chow S. – Rehabilitation Education, 2009
This study investigated Certified Rehabilitation Counselors' (CRCs) beliefs about the importance of addressing sexuality issues during rehabilitation. A modified version of the Family Life Sex Education Goals Questionnaire (FLSEGQ) was completed by 199 CRCs to determine which issues CRCs believe are most important to address. Six sexuality-related…
Descriptors: Contraception, Sex Education, Family Life, Pregnancy
Li, Hongbin; Zhang, Junsen – Journal of Human Resources, 2009
This paper tests the external effect of household childbearing behavior by drawing on microfertility data from China. The test is executed by regressing one woman's fertility on the average fertility of neighboring women. China's unique affirmative birth control policy provides us with quasi-experimental fertility variation that facilities…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Neighborhoods, Testing, Social Influences
Robinson, Jude; Kirkcaldy, Andrew J. – Health Education Research, 2009
Despite knowing the risks to their children's health, parents continue to expose their children to tobacco smoke prior to and after their birth. This study explores the factors influencing parent's behaviour in preventing the exposure of their (unborn) children to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) and any changes to their smoking behaviour in the…
Descriptors: Smoking, Pregnancy, Neonates, Risk
Cramp, Anita G.; Bray, Steven R. – Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 2009
The purpose of this study was to examine women's leisure time physical activity (LTPA) before pregnancy, during pregnancy, and through the first 7 months postnatal. Pre- and postnatal women (n = 309) completed the 12-month Modifiable Activity Questionnaire and demographic information. Multilevel modeling was used to estimate a growth curve…
Descriptors: Females, Pregnancy, Mothers, Physical Activity Level
Klerman, Lorraine V.; Dawson, Peter – Zero to Three (J), 2009
When early childhood practitioners are interacting with a mother and her baby, they are focusing, appropriately, on the relationship of the dyad in front of them. However, it is essential to the health and well-being of that family to consider children who may be conceived and born in the future. Research has shown that the well-being of the…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Pregnancy, Preschool Teachers, Infants
Coleman, Priscilla K.; Maxey, Charles David; Spence, Maria; Nixon, Charisse L. – International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 2009
This study was designed to identify predictors of the choice to abort or deliver a child within 18 months of a previous birth and to compare mothers who chose to abort or deliver relative to substance use and adverse partner behavior. Using a systems perspective, data from the Fragile Families and Well-Being Study were examined. The sample…
Descriptors: Smoking, Females, Pregnancy, Mothers
Tikotzky, Liat; Sadeh, Avi – Child Development, 2009
Infant sleep is a major source of concern for many parents. The aims of this longitudinal study were to assess: (a) the development of sleep patterns among infants, (b) the development of maternal cognitions regarding infant sleep, and (c) the relations between these domains during the 1st year of life. Eighty-five mothers were recruited during…
Descriptors: Sleep, Pregnancy, Infants, Mothers
Sassler, Sharon; Miller, Amanda; Favinger, Sarah M. – Journal of Family Issues, 2009
Most research on nonmarital births focuses on disadvantaged populations. This study examined the childbearing expectations and experiences of a working-class sample, drawing on in-depth interviews with 30 cohabiting couples. Few couples in the sample were attempting to conceive; most desired to defer parenting. Three responses emerged to how a…
Descriptors: Pregnancy, Public Policy, One Parent Family, Interpersonal Relationship
Boden, Joseph M.; Fergusson, David M.; Horwood, L. John – Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 2010
Objective: To examine the social, family background, and individual antecedents of conduct disorder (CD) and oppositional defiant disorder (ODD), the extent to which CD and ODD symptoms were predicted by common environmental risk factors, and the extent to which the antecedents of CD and ODD accounted for the comorbidity between the two disorders.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Behavior Disorders, Cohort Analysis, Longitudinal Studies
Beaino, Ghada; Khoshnood, Babak; Kaminski, Monique; Pierrat, Veronique; Marret, Stephane; Matis, Jacqueline; Ledesert, Bernard; Thiriez, Gerard; Fresson, Jeanne; Roze, Jean-Christophe; Zupan-Simunek, Veronique; Arnaud, Catherine; Burguet, Antoine; Larroque, Beatrice; Breart, Gerard; Ancel, Pierre-Yves – Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, 2010
Aim: The aim of this study was to assess the independent role of cerebral lesions on ultrasound scan, and several other neonatal and obstetric factors, as potential predictors of cerebral palsy (CP) in a large population-based cohort of very preterm infants. Method: As part of EPIPAGE, a population-based prospective cohort study, perinatal data…
Descriptors: Incidence, Cerebral Palsy, Pregnancy, Premature Infants
Anderson, Vicki; Spencer-Smith, Megan; Coleman, Lee; Anderson, Peter; Williams, Jackie; Greenham, Mardee; Leventer, Richard J.; Jacobs, Rani – Neuropsychologia, 2010
Traditionally early brain insult (EBI) has been considered to have better outcome than later injury, consistent with the notion that the young brain is flexible and able to reorganize. Recent research findings question this view, suggesting that EBI might lead to poorer outcome than brain insult at any other age. Exploring this early vulnerability…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Injuries, Seizures, Pregnancy
Au, Kit Sing; Ashley-Koch, Allison; Northrup, Hope – Developmental Disabilities Research Reviews, 2010
The worldwide incidence of neural tube defects (NTDs) ranges from 1.0 to 10.0 per 1,000 births with almost equal frequencies between two major categories: anencephaly and spina bifida (SB). Epidemiological studies have provided valuable insight for (a) researchers to identify nongenetic and genetic factors contributing to etiology, (b) public…
Descriptors: Prenatal Influences, Drug Use, Nutrition, Metabolism
Shlomo, Shirley Ben; Ben-Ari, Orit Taubman; Findler, Liora; Sivan, Eyal; Dolizki, Mordechay – Social Work Research, 2010
Although becoming a grandmother represents an important transition in a woman's life, it has received scant research attention. This study used the model of growth developed by Schaefer and Moos in an attempt to identify personal and environmental resources that may contribute to a first-time maternal grandmother's mental health and her…
Descriptors: Daughters, Physical Health, Pregnancy, Intimacy
Eastwood, Elizabeth J. – Library Journal, 2008
Books on the topic of pregnancy abound; in fact, publishers are more attentive to the subject than ever. According to R.R. Bowker's "Books in Print," 226 nonfiction pregnancy titles were published in 2006, a 30 percent increase over the decade before. Add to this glut all the magazines, DVDs, web sites, and TV programs available on the topic, and…
Descriptors: Pregnancy, Public Libraries, Library Services, Library Materials
