Family Characteristics

Background/Objectives:Early eating patterns and behaviors can determine later eating habits and food preferences and they have… Expand

Family accommodation is the term used to indicate the process whereby family members of patients with obsessive-compulsive… Expand

STUDY OBJECTIVE To clarify whether socioeconomic and sex inequalities in poor sleep quality are explained by socioeconomic and… Expand

The relation between family functioning and school success was examined in 211 at risk, African American, inner city adolescents… Expand

Three studies examined associations between early child care and child outcomes among families different from those in the… Expand

Jealousy is a social emotion that has received little attention by developmental researchers. The current study examined sibling… Expand

Children from poorer backgrounds are generally observed to have lower educational outcomes than other youth. However, the… Expand

We examine the possibility that alternate work schedules affect perceived work-life imbalance—the “time bind.” The results show… Expand

The purpose of this study was to determine whether nutritional factors, family characteristics, and the duration of schooling… Expand

193 basically healthy working-class and middle-class mothers and their infants participated in a 4-year longitudinal study which… Expand