Good parent-child relationships are linked to better long-term health outcomes according to a recent study. The study analyzed data from surveys conducted 10 years apart tracking how childhood treatment by parents impacted later health. It found that warm, supportive relationships in childhood help establish healthy routines that lower disease risk as adults, while abusive relationships disrupt routines and increase later health problems. However, a good parent relationship did not negate the health effects of a disadvantaged socioeconomic background or undo damage from childhood abuse.
Obesity is the result of caloric imbalance and is mediated by genetics and health. From fast food to electronics, quick and easy is the reality for many people.
This message is applied to the parents because they must take aware that obesity develops diseases.
Obesity is the result of caloric imbalance and is mediated by genetics and health. From fast food to electronics, quick and easy is the reality for many people.
This message is applied to the parents because they must take aware that obesity develops diseases.
Speaker Presentation from U.S. News Healthcare of Tomorrow leadership summit, Nov. 1-3, 2017 in Washington, DC. Find out more about this forum at www.usnewshot.com.
Case Number 7Student’s NameInstitution Affiliation.docxjasoninnes20
Case Number 7
Student’s Name
Institution Affiliation
Case Number 7. The case of physician do not heal thyself
Questions
1. Have you recently engaged in risky behaviors such as binge eating, unsafe sex, gambling, drug and substance abuse, or risky driving?
1. How would you describe your relationships with people such as your spouse, friends, neighbors, colleagues, and strangers while considering aspects of anger, irritability, and violence?
1. Do you have a recurring problem of variant moods that result to interpersonal stress, feeling of emptiness, and other challenges that are stress-related and they push you towards suicidal thoughts?
People to speak to
It is crucial to identify the right people to provide essential details for the assessment of the patient. Some of the most important people include the spouses, siblings, family friends, personal friends, and neighbors. Furthermore, the patient’s colleagues can provide important information regarding the behaviors of the patient and help in identifying issues that the patient could be hiding. Speaking to the people to whom the patient exercises authority is important in attaining the true image of the person.
Physical exam and diagnostic test
The disorder is mental, but it can be assessed through physical exams that indicate how the brain is working in relation to actions ( Stahl 2013). Fixing a puzzle would be an effective way of testing the patient and how stable they can be. The other approach is engaging the patient in a physical exercise and observing their participation. Physical exams provide a diagnostic insight to test how the patient relates with others.
Diagnoses
Personality Disorder
Mood Disorder
Depression with psychotic features
Pharmacological agents
Application of antidepressants
Use of antipsychotics
Administering mood-stabilizing drugs
Contradictions or Alterations
It is a complex situation to treat a complex and long-term unstable disorder of mood because the patients experience different emotions even during therapy (Yasuda & Huang 2008). It becomes difficult to separate mood disorder from personality disorder especially for difficult patient like in this case. Furthermore, there are no specific drugs that can be used for treatment without additional therapy since this patient is able to adjust or play with their own treatment as a physician. The mental condition observed in the patient requires a careful approach due to the delicate situations involving suicidal thoughts and aggression.
Lessons Learned
In the case study “The case of physician do not heal thyself,” the lessons include the importance of conducting a complete assessment of the patient and including other people who interact with the patient. It would be more effective to treat such conditions if the patients had stable emotions, but strategic approaches can help to streamline the treatment process ( Stahl 2014b).
References
Stahl, S. M. (2013). Stahl’s essential psychopharmacol ...
Speaker Presentation from U.S. News Healthcare of Tomorrow leadership summit, Nov. 1-3, 2017 in Washington, DC. Find out more about this forum at www.usnewshot.com.
Case Number 7Student’s NameInstitution Affiliation.docxjasoninnes20
Case Number 7
Student’s Name
Institution Affiliation
Case Number 7. The case of physician do not heal thyself
Questions
1. Have you recently engaged in risky behaviors such as binge eating, unsafe sex, gambling, drug and substance abuse, or risky driving?
1. How would you describe your relationships with people such as your spouse, friends, neighbors, colleagues, and strangers while considering aspects of anger, irritability, and violence?
1. Do you have a recurring problem of variant moods that result to interpersonal stress, feeling of emptiness, and other challenges that are stress-related and they push you towards suicidal thoughts?
People to speak to
It is crucial to identify the right people to provide essential details for the assessment of the patient. Some of the most important people include the spouses, siblings, family friends, personal friends, and neighbors. Furthermore, the patient’s colleagues can provide important information regarding the behaviors of the patient and help in identifying issues that the patient could be hiding. Speaking to the people to whom the patient exercises authority is important in attaining the true image of the person.
Physical exam and diagnostic test
The disorder is mental, but it can be assessed through physical exams that indicate how the brain is working in relation to actions ( Stahl 2013). Fixing a puzzle would be an effective way of testing the patient and how stable they can be. The other approach is engaging the patient in a physical exercise and observing their participation. Physical exams provide a diagnostic insight to test how the patient relates with others.
Diagnoses
Personality Disorder
Mood Disorder
Depression with psychotic features
Pharmacological agents
Application of antidepressants
Use of antipsychotics
Administering mood-stabilizing drugs
Contradictions or Alterations
It is a complex situation to treat a complex and long-term unstable disorder of mood because the patients experience different emotions even during therapy (Yasuda & Huang 2008). It becomes difficult to separate mood disorder from personality disorder especially for difficult patient like in this case. Furthermore, there are no specific drugs that can be used for treatment without additional therapy since this patient is able to adjust or play with their own treatment as a physician. The mental condition observed in the patient requires a careful approach due to the delicate situations involving suicidal thoughts and aggression.
Lessons Learned
In the case study “The case of physician do not heal thyself,” the lessons include the importance of conducting a complete assessment of the patient and including other people who interact with the patient. It would be more effective to treat such conditions if the patients had stable emotions, but strategic approaches can help to streamline the treatment process ( Stahl 2014b).
References
Stahl, S. M. (2013). Stahl’s essential psychopharmacol ...
Case Number 7Student’s NameInstitution Affiliation.docxdewhirstichabod
Case Number 7
Student’s Name
Institution Affiliation
Case Number 7. The case of physician do not heal thyself
Questions
1. Have you recently engaged in risky behaviors such as binge eating, unsafe sex, gambling, drug and substance abuse, or risky driving?
1. How would you describe your relationships with people such as your spouse, friends, neighbors, colleagues, and strangers while considering aspects of anger, irritability, and violence?
1. Do you have a recurring problem of variant moods that result to interpersonal stress, feeling of emptiness, and other challenges that are stress-related and they push you towards suicidal thoughts?
People to speak to
It is crucial to identify the right people to provide essential details for the assessment of the patient. Some of the most important people include the spouses, siblings, family friends, personal friends, and neighbors. Furthermore, the patient’s colleagues can provide important information regarding the behaviors of the patient and help in identifying issues that the patient could be hiding. Speaking to the people to whom the patient exercises authority is important in attaining the true image of the person.
Physical exam and diagnostic test
The disorder is mental, but it can be assessed through physical exams that indicate how the brain is working in relation to actions ( Stahl 2013). Fixing a puzzle would be an effective way of testing the patient and how stable they can be. The other approach is engaging the patient in a physical exercise and observing their participation. Physical exams provide a diagnostic insight to test how the patient relates with others.
Diagnoses
Personality Disorder
Mood Disorder
Depression with psychotic features
Pharmacological agents
Application of antidepressants
Use of antipsychotics
Administering mood-stabilizing drugs
Contradictions or Alterations
It is a complex situation to treat a complex and long-term unstable disorder of mood because the patients experience different emotions even during therapy (Yasuda & Huang 2008). It becomes difficult to separate mood disorder from personality disorder especially for difficult patient like in this case. Furthermore, there are no specific drugs that can be used for treatment without additional therapy since this patient is able to adjust or play with their own treatment as a physician. The mental condition observed in the patient requires a careful approach due to the delicate situations involving suicidal thoughts and aggression.
Lessons Learned
In the case study “The case of physician do not heal thyself,” the lessons include the importance of conducting a complete assessment of the patient and including other people who interact with the patient. It would be more effective to treat such conditions if the patients had stable emotions, but strategic approaches can help to streamline the treatment process ( Stahl 2014b).
References
Stahl, S. M. (2013). Stahl’s essential psychopharmacol.
Due Monday August 22, 2016 8am $40.00 please be 100 original OP.docxhasselldelisa
Due Monday August 22, 2016 8am
$40.00 please be 100% original
OPPOSITIONAL DISORDER DISEASE
The research paper will be any disease or condition of the body. The paper must include a thorough description of the disease/condition; current statistics of those affected - epidemiology; financial costs both terms of treatment and loss of productivity; explanations on how the various body systems (anatomically and/or physiologically) are affected; etiology; medications/treatments that are available; prognosis of those affected, and future outlook in general.
Research paper must have 1200 words no more then 1500 not to include abstract,cover paper,annotate.
* cover/title page (page 1)
* corrected abstract (page 2) ( abstract paper turn in I am missing a lot of work )
Must be in the abstract
Statistic/ Epidemiology
Financial cost
Anatomy & Physiology
Etiology (cause)
Diagnosis/ treatment/ prognosis
Abstract
In recent a post, oppositional disorder diseases has been on the rise, raising questions about the manner in which diseases is spreading especially among children. The high prevalence levels of the oppositional disorder have raised more concerns especially form the health, sectors thus developing the need to understand the disorder better. This research paper will, therefore, encompass a broad perspective of oppositional disorder disease to effectively understand how it is manifested, various ways in which it manifests itself to develop preventive strategy much earlier before the situation reaches full-blown.
Unlike the common conduct disorder where the patient is more aggressive towards people and animals, the oppositional disorder is more silent, and it takes time for it to be detected. The lifetime prevalence of the disease is estimated to be 10.2%. The disease is mostly observed in children and adolescents across the globe.
Some of the common symptoms of the disease involve a certain behavior where children’s behavior is much different compared to their peers. A patient suffering from oppositional disorder tends to have a turn in their behavior including regular loose of temper, being angry and resentful, argues with authorities without any significant reason. It is importance to note that the persistence and frequency of these behaviors should be used to differentiate between normal behavior and symptoms of the oppositional disorder. The disease causes a massive effect on patient’s mental and physical wellbeing.
The most common cause of the oppositional disorder is the genetic influence. Research has shown that parents tend to pass on expressing disorder to their children, and it may be displayed in multiple ways. The disease can be easily diagnosed basing on the extent at which the change of behavior causes distress to the family members or drastic changes in academic and social functioning. These behaviors must persist.
R E S E A R C H A R T I C L EPeer Acceptance in the School.docxmakdul
R E S E A R C H A R T I C L E
Peer Acceptance in the School Class and
Subjective Health Complaints: A Multilevel
Approach
YLVA B. ALMQUIST, PhDa BITTE MODIN, PhDb LILLY AUGUSTINE, PhDc
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND: Feeling accepted by peers is important for young people’s health but few studies have examined the overall
degree of acceptance in school and its health consequences. The purpose of the study was to investigate whether health
complaints among Swedish students can be attributed to the acceptance climate in their school class even when the health
effects of their own (individual) acceptance score have been taken into account.
METHODS: The data used were from the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) study for the years 2001 to 2002,
2005 to 2006, and 2009 to 2010, consisting of 13,902 5th-, 7th-, and 9th-grade Swedish students nested into 742 school classes.
The statistical analyses were performed by means of linear regression multilevel analysis.
RESULTS: The results indicated that the variation in subjective health complaints could be ascribed partly to the school-class
level (boys: 5.0%; girls: 13.5%). Peer acceptance at the individual level demonstrated a clear association with health: the lower
the acceptance, the higher the complaint scores. For girls, but not for boys, the overall degree of peer acceptance in the school
class demonstrated a contextual effect on health, net of acceptance at the student level. Interaction analyses also revealed an
increasingly favorable health among poorly accepted girls as the acceptance climate in the school class declined.
CONCLUSIONS: A lower overall degree of peer acceptance in the school class is associated with poorer health among girls.
However, girls who themselves feel poorly accepted are not as negatively affected health-wise by a poor acceptance climate, as
are well-accepted girls.
Keywords: school class; children; peer acceptance; health complaints; multilevel analysis; Sweden.
Citation: Almquist YB, Modin B, Augustine L. Peer acceptance in the school class and subjective health complaints: a multilevel
approach. J Sch Health. 2013; 83: 690-696.
Received on August 3, 2011
Accepted on August 2, 2012
The need to feel accepted by others is one of thegreat forces that drive human behavior.1 This is
perhaps especially true during adolescence, which is a
period in life when young people invest much energy
in peer relationships.2 The school class constitutes a
central context for peer interaction, where students
are required to interact with peers on a daily basis
to maintain their social anchorage.3 It is, therefore,
reasonable to assume that students who feel accepted
by their classmates enjoy better health and well-being
compared to those who do not. The ‘‘classroom
climate’’ in terms of overall acceptance toward peers
aResearcher, ([email protected]), Centre for Health Equity Studies (CHESS), Stockholm University/Karolinska Institutet, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden.
bAssociate ...
MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES AMONG CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS PPT 3.pptxMAishwaryaJathish
This ppt is about the mental health issues faced by children and adolescents and the effect positive parenting has on them. Positive parenting plays a vital role in the development of children and adolescent mental health.This presentation is all about various mental health issues among children and adolescents, about parenting ,the different parenting styles, positive parenting, its effect on the various mental health issues among children and adolescents and about the different types of mental health issues among children and adolescents.
We will also look into various researches done on this topic.
Parenting is the process of raising children and providing them with protection and care in order to ensure their healthy development into adults.
1.Authoritarian parenting-Authoritarian parenting is the most traditional style and it is the style where parents are clearly in charge and children are expected to fall in line no matter what.
2.Authoritative parenting-Authoritative parenting enforce rules , but without discussing them and the reasons behind them.
3.Permissive parenting-Permissive parenting is a parenting style where the parents want to be their children's best friend and nurture them a lot.4.Uninvolved or neglectful parenting-This parenting is a style where the parents are completely hands off. Their mantra is "You do what you want, I don't really care".
5.Free range parenting-Free range parenting is a type of permissive parenting , but it can include lots of rules and regulation and also it enforces that the children work by themselves.
6.Attachement parenting-It is a parenting style which is all about providing love to children and preparing a nurturing environment for them.
7.Helicopter parenting-Helicopter parenting is a type of parenting where the parents want to protect their kids, keep them happy and set them up for success so badly that they get over-involved in their lives.Positive parenting focuses on developing a strong, deeply committed relationship between parent and child based on communication and mutual-respect. It focuses on teaching children not just what but also why. Positive parenting means training children towards self-control.
According to Caley Arsamarski, who is a proponent of positive parenting and psychologist specializing in child therapy, positive parenting essentially encourages parents to "catch kids being good" and give more positive feedback instead of always focusing on bad-behaviour.Mental health issues are health conditions involving changes in emotions, thinking or behaviour ( or a combination of these). They are associated with distress or problems functioning in social, work of family activities.
The study of mental illness is called psychopathology. First we will discuss the causes of mental health issues, its signs and later study about them in detail and study the effect positive parenting has on it. This is all about the topic and what it is all about has been mentioned briefly in this topic
Social and Behavioral FactorsPublic Health Issue AnalysisType .docxrosemariebrayshaw
Social and Behavioral Factors
Public Health Issue Analysis
Type 1 juvenile diabetes, also known as insulin-dependent, is a chronic autoimmune disease that afflicts children and teens and is one of the most prevalent chronic diseases among these age groups (Barnetz, Z., & Feigin, R. (2012). That afflicts approximately 30 million people in the United States, about 1.25 million have type 1 diabetes. Recent studies have shown fifty percent of people diagnosed with type 1 diabetes are over the age of 20. Every year, approximately 40,000 people diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, and this number is on the rise. Insulin and glucose are processed after a person eats a meal; food is broken down into glucose and nutrients, which absorbed into the bloodstream. This process will cause sugar levels in the blood to rise and will trigger the pancreas to process the hormone insulin and send it into the bloodstream (Nakayasu, E. S., et al., 2020).
In-person(s) with diabetes, the body either cannot make or cannot respond to insulin appropriately. It means the sugar stays in the bloodstream rather than getting into cells, where the sugar is used for energy. Because they were not converted into energy, the people with type 1 diabetes take artificial insulin throughout the day to offset high blood sugars. They take this medicine multiple doses of insulin daily, through injections or an insulin pump worn on the body. On the one hand, these measures are undoubtedly helpful for maintaining a steady blood sugar level (Basso RVJ, & Pelech WJ., 2008). Many variables go into diabetes management, such as diet, exercise, hormones, stress levels, and many more. Unfortunately, as it is today, there is no cure for diabetes, maybe in the future. Each child who is diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. Will have the condition for the rest of his/her life until there is a cure. The risk of developing diabetes is higher than virtually every other childhood, chronic illness. Studies estimated one out of every three babies born each day will probably have diabetes in their lifetime (Nakayasu, E. S., et al., 2020).
Social and behavioral factors
The social and behavioral factors that cause an increase in childhood diabetes, also called juvenile diabetes, are complicated — discussing the cause of childhood diabetes with pediatricians in Sinai Hospital Baltimore, Maryland, my place of volunteer work. The doctor's told me, the origin of the factors is complicated. The doctor's said there are two sides to look at childhood diabetes. First, I was told that children who are born with the condition; the cause might be a result of the parent's social behavior during pregnancy — for example, unhealthy eating, alcohol, smoking, etc. Second, the children that got condition after birth may have got it from the unhealthy nutrition from the parents, the groups they keep, or the community.
Program or Intervention Analysis
The intervention is three one-year cycles of an evaluation study of a mentoring progra.
Parental stress, affective symptoms and marital satisfaction in parents of ch...James Cook University
Lovisotto, R., Caltabiano, N., & Hajhashemi, K. (2015). International Journal of Humanities and Social Science, 5(10), 30-38.
Abstract: Parents of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), a life-long developmental disorder, responded to an online survey considering their stress experience, affective symptoms and marital satisfaction. As these parents sourced different programs for their children, type of program was used to assign parents to different groups in order to consider their stress, affective symptoms and marital satisfaction. The type of programs parents used included the Applied Behaviour Analysis (n=15); Early Intervention Centre (n=13) and no formal program (n=16). Parents of children with ASD in the ABA group reported significantly lower parental stress scores, lower affective symptoms scores and higher marital satisfaction scores compared to the other two groups. These results are suggestive of the beneficial effect that an ABA program can have on the family unit.
Obesity is quickly becoming one of the most common chronic.docxhopeaustin33688
Obesity is quickly becoming one of the most common chronic diseases among children. These rates have increased at an alarming rate and is a major public health problem because of related physical and psychological comorbidities, including type II diabetes, insulin resistance, metabolic syndrome, cardiovascular disease and mental health disorders. Dramatic increase in the number of overweight and obese children in recent years.
Studies indicate that children's lives may be shortened as a result of this alarming health problem. Estimates state that for any degree of overweight/obesity, younger adults (20-30 years of age) may have greater years of life lost due to obesity than older adults. Childhood obesity has been determined to be an independent risk factor for adult overweight/obesity.
To combat childhood obesity, there is a great need for public health interventions as well as education parents regarding childhood obesity and its consequences. Parents differ on causation of obesity, and differ in focus on nutrition and physical exercise. Many parents in the research do not see obesity as a barrier to physical activity. The parents need to recognize their child as overweight. Prevention is the most effective method for dealing with this growing health concern. The evidence reviewed, confirmed that family-centered interventions were associated with short-term reduction in obesity and improved medical parameters. The goal should be to involve community resources and provider referrals. Nurse Practitioners have a unique role in being the best facilitators to deliver health messages and are able to educate parents and increase awareness about the causes and consequences of childhood obesity.
Parents of young children need to interact with their child's primary healthcare provider for health advice and preventive health information during regularly scheduled physical examinations. It is up to the parents of these young children to combat intervention strategies such as:
a combination of nutritional and activity information, a cognitive-behavioral aspect to the intervention parent-directed activities
limiting sedentary child behaviors, provide positive approaches with children by parents and practitioners (e.g., emphasize positive rewards for healthy behaviors, encourage self-efficacy)
Future research is required to identify moderators and mediators to produce enduring changes in weight status of children.
The Objective was to determine in children who are at risk for becoming overweight or obese, does education with parental involvement on exercise and nutrition compared to individual education with the child alone decrease the risk of developing obesity and the health problems associated with obesity?
(P) In overweight, obese, or at risk young children (2-18years of age) Is family centered education/treatment interventions
(C) versus control or comparison interventions
(O) more effective in decreasing childhood obesity and compli.
Sibling Birth Spacing Influence on Extroversion, Introversion and Aggressiven...inventionjournals
Sibling spacing refers to the birth interval between consecutive children in the family. The family is the basic unit of socialization. Family interactions and other dynamics such as birth order and sibling spacing shape the personality of children. This study investigated the relationship between sibling birth spacing and, extroversion and introversion characteristics of adolescents in Nairobi, Kenya. The study adopted mixed methods research paradigm with the correlation design. Purposive and simple random sampling techniques were used to select three schools for the study sample and participants. From each of the three schools, twenty five students were selected to make a total sample of 75 participants. The data collection instruments for the study were standardized questionnaires and observation guides. Data was collected and analyzed using Pearson correlation analysis and Analysis of Variance. The study concluded that close sibling spacing tends to produce extraverted and highly aggressive children while wide sibling spacing tends to produce introverted and less aggressive children. The study further found that the only children, ranked highest in introversion and, lowest in aggressiveness and extraversion. The study recommended that sibling spacing knowledge should be used by school career guidance masters as locally available method of predicting personality.
ENGL 1302Due Friday, November 18McCourtLab Six As.docxgreg1eden90113
ENGL 1302 Due: Friday, November 18
McCourt
Lab Six Assignment – Annotated Bibliography
Using 3 of the sources gathered for your Proposal Argument essay (you could use the research gathered for the Ethical Argument instead, if you’d like), prepare an annotated bibliography.
· Include the proper 4 line heading
· Title should be: Lab 6 – Annotated Bibliography
· Be sure to list the bibliographic citations for the sources in proper alphabetical order and provide the complete bibliographic citation with double spacing throughout and a hanging indent
· Include a concise annotated paragraph under each of the source citations. Remember that an annotation includes summary as well as evaluation
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Child Day Care and Aftercare Program
Student’s name
Instructor
Course
Date
Introduction
'First generation' research on child day care and aftercare programs mostly looked at the child's impairment in isolation, while’s second generation' research tries to look at the kid's functioning within context (Baker et al., 2019). The family-centered approach emphasizes this setting by recognizing the importance of the home as the first and most influential environment for a child's development of the skills and knowledge valued in their society (Hotz & Wiswall, 2019). An essential tenet of this strengths-based strategy is that family values and customs provide the foundation for effective and long-lasting intervention.
The family-centered criteria have not been met by conventional methods, which have been criticized for not being in line with family objectives and aspirations. Rather of recognizing what families and communities already know and do, a deficit model emphasizes what they do not (Baker et al., 2019). This method results in "professionally prescribed" treatments based mostly on the assumptions of experts without the requisite comprehension of the kid within context. Thus, families are frequently given activities or programs that are not tailored to their specific needs, which might increase their already heavy workload (Hotz & Wiswall, 2019). Families of young children experience events beyond those provided by early intervention programmes that can and do influence child development and family functioning, and this deficit-based approach to intervention has been criticized for not leaving enough time for families to engage in these activities (Baker et al., 2019).
It has been suggested that studying children's activity contexts would help us better comprehend them in that environment (Hotz & Wiswall, 2019). What we call a kid's "activity settings" are the places and situations in which the youngster regularly engages in activities with others and the world around them (Baker et al., 2019). Due to a lack of studies, it is imperative that immediate steps be taken to enhance the indigenous knowledge-base of child day care and afterschool activity settings. Understanding children in their home environments will be aide.
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ENGL 1302Due Friday, November 18McCourtLab Six As.docx
Parental Relationship Affect Health
1. Good Parent-Child Relationships Have
Long Health Impacts
Researchers find out that good and warm relationship between parents and children
have good effect on health in the longer life span
In a recent study titled, Midlife Health and Parent-Child Relationships; researchers
found out that a good and warm parent-child relationship could contribute to better
health conditions of the child in adult life. In the study, Matthew A. Andersson, Ph.D.,
assistant professor of sociology in Baylor's College of Arts & Sciences, conducted an
analysis of the data obtained from National Survey of Midlife Development in the
United States (MIDUS). MIDUS conducted a survey in 1995 in which 2,746
respondents ages 25 to 75 recounted how they were treated by their parents in their
childhood. Andersson reached out to conduct another survey 10 years later in which
1,692 of the respondents from the original study took part. Andersson’s follow-up
study made adjustments for the personal background recorded in 1995 and also
accounted the probability of dropping out of the MIDUS study.
The study revealed that if the parents have a good and warm relationship with their
children, it helps protect them against severe health conditions in their adult life. The
reason for that is that good and productive relationship with parents help establish
healthy life routines. The good relationships helped make good eating, sleeping and
activity based routines. These routines continue in later life and help prevent onset of
many diseases and health conditions. On the other hand, abusive or aggressive parent-
child relationships strained the routine forming behavior and also affect the child’s
health in later life. Another anomaly found was that even if the parent-child
relationship is good, it does not help lessen the adverse effects of disadvantageous
socioeconomic background. Andersson also found out that childhood abuse continued
to destabilize any protection from disease linked to childhood socioeconomic
advantage.
The study was published recently in the Journal of Health and Social Behavior.