The number of HIV and AIDS cases in adolescents, especially minorities and females, are rising as the numbers of HIV and AIDS cases decrease in other populations. Many adolescents who are at increased risk for HIV reside ...

A questionnaire was developed to determine the factors related to the concept of quality of life following a Cerebral Vascular Accident. One hundred-twenty unmatched subjects, of whom 64 (53.3%) were stroke patients and ...

This study investigates the transitions from single word utterances to multiword combinations and documents the temporal connection between lexical and combinatorial spurts. This transition in early language acquisition ...

Although mothers of chronically ill children may be at risk for mental health problems, many do well and research is needed to identify factors that might predict psychological distress. Evidence suggests that the level ...

Investigations into the influence of family relationships upon the course of chronic illness have been impeded historically by inadequate measures. The Camberwell Family Interview (CFI) measures criticism, a component of ...

Psychoanalytic theories have suggested that failure to separate and become autonomous, feeling ineffective in one's ability to control, and fear of maturing are personality issues and stressors that specifically contribute ...

Predictors of change in physical activity over two years were examined in a community sample of 67 sedentary, older women (mean age = 71, SD = 6.9). The study contained three hypotheses. The first stated that sedentary, ...

The present study attempted to identify factors which may be protective of the developmental maturity of internalized object representations in adulthood, following the experience of parental death during latency. The ...

Since its introduction in 1958, researchers have sought to examine empirically John Bowlby's attachment theory. Bowlby suggested that early caregiving relationships lay the groundwork for socioemotional development and ...

Carbon Monoxide (CO) poisoning causes over 3,000 deaths per year in the United States. Thousands more may have neurological and cognitive injuries as a result of being exposed to toxic levels of CO. This study was designed ...