The purpose of this study was (a) to describe traumatic experiences (TEs) prior to being adopted, (b) to identify groups of TEs in adoptees, and (c) to explore the relationships of a group membership with adoptees’ psychological disorders and …

The main aim of this study was to examine the relationship between mothers’ life satisfaction and social support reported at Time 1, and their children’s well-being indicators (positive and negative affect, life satisfaction, and happiness) …

With the growing use of social networks, online body shaming is becoming a widespread and often socially acceptable phenomenon. However, unlike cyberbullying, the consequences of online body shaming are largely unknown. Therefore, we aimed to …

Parents play an important role in protecting their children from childhood sexual abuse. Yet, there is relatively little empirical research examining what parents in the United States are currently doing to keep their children safe. Thus, our …

Parent-child activities support children’s socio-emotional and cognitive development, yet numerous barriers limit engagement, particularly among families experiencing socio-economic disadvantage. This study uniquely investigates and addresses …

The play equipment present in children’s homes has previously been associated with their physical activity levels. This study aimed to describe sex differences in the play equipment found in Australian children’s homes. Data were from the Mothers …

The current study aimed to address the gap in understanding how different types of race-related stressors (e.g., racial/ethnic (R/E) discrimination experiences and worries) are related to adolescents’ psychological adjustment (e.g., internalizing …

The mechanism of COVID-19’s impact on the quality of life of adolescents over time remains elusive and inconclusive. To better explore the dynamics of the epidemic’s impact, a comparative cross-sectional survey was conducted at the beginning stage …

Pediatric acute-onset neuropsychiatric syndrome (PANS) is a relatively new diagnosis, characterized by an abrupt and dramatic onset of obsessive-compulsive disorder together with neuropsychiatric symptoms. This sudden onset of symptoms that occurs …

Parenting stress can be detrimental to child outcomes and there is evidence that both parental fatigue and household chaos are associated with the stress experienced by parents. There has been little investigation of the relative contributions …

This study aimed to validate the Chinese version of the Infant/Toddler HOME and Early Childhood HOME inventories. Participants included 131 Chinese families with children aged 3 years 4 months to 6 years, and 129 families with children under 3 …

This longitudinal cross-lagged research attempted to examine the directions of relations between interparental conflict and aggressive behavior, with attention to the potential mediating effects of social anxiety. This study included 340 Chinese …

This study sought to test whether teacher self-efficacy relates to child internalizing and externalizing problems over two years. For two nationally representative samples of 8-year-old Australian children (sample 1, n = 3176; sample 2, n = 3417) …