Building Emotional Awareness and Mental Health (BEAM): study protocol for a hybrid implementation-effectiveness trial of the BEAM app-based program for parents with clinical mental... by Kaeley M. Simpson, Robert J. W. McHardy, J. Grace Zhou, Sydney Levasseur-Puhach, Cynthia M. Côté, Millie Braun, Fiona Clement, Anna L. MacKinnon, Nathan Nickel, Tracie O. Afifi, Gerald F. Giesbrecht, Ryan Giuliano, Laurence Y. Katz, Lauren E. Kelly, Terry P. Klassen, Catherine Lebel, Aislin Mushquash, Kristin Reynolds, Elizabeth Decaire, Wajihah Mughal, Frances Chartrand, Olena Kloss, Jennifer M. Hensel, James M. Bolton, Jo Ann M. Unger, Mandy Archibald, Philip Fisher, Ashley Pharazyn, Lianne Tomfohr-Madsen, Leslie E. Roos

“…Discussion The BEAM program offers a promising solution to address elevated parental mental health symptoms, parenting stress, and related child functioning concerns. …”
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Sex-dependent impact of parental verbal abuse on brain lateralization of language by Xingzhen Wang, Jiaojian Wang, Zhenglong Lin, Yang Yang, Min Xu

“…This study investigated the impact of PVA on behavior, brain structure, and function related to language, examining how these effects may differ between females and males. …”
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The protective role of parental work intensity for children in poverty in the United States by Alicia García-Sierra

“…CONTRIBUTION: This study highlights how specific features of parental employment – particularly work intensity – can function as resilience mechanisms that protect children from the negative developmental effects of poverty. …”
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Children’s and Their Parents’ Experiences With Home-Based Guided Hypnotherapy: Qualitative Study by Ilse N Ganzevoort, Adriëlla L van der Veen, Manna A Alma, Marjolein Y Berger, Gea A Holtman

“…A total of 23 interviews were conducted with 10 children and 15 parents. Six themes emerged from questionnaire data and interviews: impression of the exercises, not for everyone, influence of perceived effect, integrating exercises in daily life, content and practicalities of the website, and customization to personal preferences. …”
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Impacts of parental genomic divergence in non-syntenic regions on cotton heterosis by Chujun Huang, Yu Cheng, Yan Hu, Xuemei Zhang, Jinwen Chen, Ting Zhao, Zhanfeng Si, Yiwen Cao, Yiqian Li, Lei Fang, Xueying Guan, Tianzhen Zhang

“…SVs and introgressions were identified as key factors responsible for non-syntenic divergence between the parents. They had important effects on gene expression and trait improvement, positively contributing to heterosis.…”
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Redefining boundaries: unveiling the schism in teacher-parent perceptions of educational engagement by Yael Fisher, Shiran Baissberg

“…According to this study's results, teachers perceive parental involvement to include the following functions: controlling school processes, participating in “obligatory” activities inherent to the parental role, and “service provision” –when needed, and they prefer that parents do not exceed the boundaries of “service provider.” …”
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Augmenting Parenting Programs With the Pause Mobile App: Mixed Methods Evaluation by Nathan Hodson, Peter Ivor Woods, Stephanie Donohoe, Juan Luque Solano, James Gardner, Manuel Giardino, Michael Sobolev, Domenico Giacco

“…Future research should evaluate whether adding Pause to parenting programs increases their positive effects on children’s behavior and mental health.…”
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Effect of streptococcal arginine deiminase on the function of CD4⁺ and CD8⁺T lymphocytes by E. A. Starikova, J. T. Mammedova, A. Ozhiganova, A. M. Lebedeva, T. A. Leveshko, L. A. Burova, I. V. Kudryavtsev

“…The data were analyzed using Kruskal–Wallis criterion, followed by Mann–Whitney criterion for pairwise comparisons and expressed as median and interquartile ranges (Q0.25-Q0.75).When comparing the effects of supernatants from the parental and mutant streptococcal strains, which differed in expression of arginine deiminase gene, we have shown that the bacterial enzyme had no effect on the functions of inactive lymphocytes. …”
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Prevalence of Functional Difficulty Among School-Aged Children and Effect on School Enrolment in Rural Southern India: A Cross-Sectional Analysis by Bobeena Rachel Chandy, Calum Davey, William E. Oswald, Saravanakumar Puthupalayam Kaliappan, Kumudha Aruldas, Lena Morgon Banks, Smitha Jasper, Guru Nagarajan, Sean Galagan, David S. Kennedy, Judd L. Walson, Beena Koshy, Sitara S. R. Ajjampur, Hannah Kuper

“…We estimated the prevalence of childhood disability in two sites in Tamil Nadu, southern India, and the effect of functional difficulty on school enrolment. …”
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One and one makes three—mothers' and fathers' attachment, mentalizing and parenting sensitivity by Selina Ismair, Selina Ismair, Antonia Dinzinger, Antonia Dinzinger, Gabriela Markova, Gabriela Markova, Jonas Schropp, Karl Heinz Brisch, Karl Heinz Brisch, Wolfgang Sperl, Beate Priewasser, Beate Priewasser

“…ObjectiveThis study aims to explore how maternal and paternal attachment representations and their reflective functioning (RF), as operationalization of their mentalizing abilities, influence each other's parental sensitivity within a family systems perspective.BackgroundParental sensitivity is crucial for a child's development, and both parental secure attachment and RF are known to enhance sensitive caregiving. …”
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The parental non-equivalence of imprinting control regions during mammalian development and evolution. by Reiner Schulz, Charlotte Proudhon, Timothy H Bestor, Kathryn Woodfine, Chyuan-Sheng Lin, Shau-Ping Lin, Marine Prissette, Rebecca J Oakey, Déborah Bourc'his

“…In mammals, imprinted gene expression results from the sex-specific methylation of imprinted control regions (ICRs) in the parental germlines. Imprinting is linked to therian reproduction, that is, the placenta and imprinting emerged at roughly the same time and potentially co-evolved. …”
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Effects of physical activity and sedentary behaviour on cardiometabolic risk factors and cognitive function in children: protocol for a cohort study by Yajun Chen, Yajie Lv, Li Cai, Zhaohuan Gui, Xia Zeng, Minyi Tan, Nianqing Wan, Lijuan Lai, Shaomin Lu, Weiqing Tan

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CuddleCard: Protocol for a randomized controlled trial evaluating the effect of providing financial support to low-income mothers of preterm infants on parental caregiving in the n... by Margaret McConnell, Alya Alsager, Plyce Fuchu, Shrivaths Sriprasad, Lindsey Simoncini, Mari-Lynn Drainoni, Erika G. Cordova-Ramos, Michelle-Marie Peña, Laura Madore, Nikita S. Kalluri, Michael Silverstein, Heather Schofield, Martha J. Farah, Günther Fink, Margaret G. Parker

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Parental stress, mental health, and child traits in Italian mothers and fathers of autistic children by Silvia Perzolli, Giulio Bertamini, Paola Venuti, Arianna Bentenuto

“…No effects emerged for child cognitive functioning, and the model on clinician-rated autism severity failed to converge.DiscussionThese findings emphasize the interconnected nature of parental wellbeing, parent-reported child characteristics, and clinically assessed child traits. …”
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Couples and parenting dynamics during Covid-19 pandemic: A systematic review of the literature. by Maria Leonor Sentieiro, Luana Cunha Ferreira, Mariana Pires de Miranda, Beatriz Araújo Vitória

“…Nonetheless, our observations indicated that individuals with moderate or high income, in conjunction with the implementation of effective coping strategies, exhibited a diminished impact of COVID-19-related stress on both relationship satisfaction and sexual functioning. …”
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Peculiarities of Social Functioning of Patients With Vascular Dementia, Complicated by Hallucinator-Paranoid Disorders by Shevchenko-Bitensky K.

“…Patients with VD and HPD have impaired communication functions, the effectiveness and degree of participation in household chores, the quality and level of participation in fulfilling family and parental roles, the needs, effectiveness of social contacts, and the effectiveness of behavior in unusual and difficult conditions. …”
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Parent–Child Eye Gaze Congruency to Emotional Expressions Mediated by Child Aesthetic Sensitivity by Antonios I. Christou, Kostas Fanti, Ioannis Mavrommatis, Georgia Soursou

“…Parents also completed questionnaires assessing their child’s SPS, empathy (cognitive and affective), and emotional functioning. …”
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Mediation of anxiety and coping strategies between severe discipline and interparental conflict with parenting stress by Docal-Millán María del Carmen, Riveros-Munévar Fernando, Acuña-Arango Lina María, Campos-García Ángela Ximena, Cabrera-García Victoria Eugenia

“…Parenting stress can be associated with anxiety, parental conflict and harsh discipline practices, and the use of coping strategies that positively buffer the effect of these variables on parents. …”
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Integrating parental genomes to reduce reference bias and identify intramuscular fat genes in Qinchuan Black pigs by Guangquan Lv, Peiyu Yang, Ao Guo, Minghao Cao, Dong Li, Zhe Liu, Mingyu Wang, Jingchun Sun, Rongrong Ding, Taiyong Yu

“…Abstract Background Traditional genomic analysis relies on a single reference genome, which struggles to effectively characterize the genetic diversity among populations. …”
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An analysis of the mediating influence of depression on the association between early-life caregiver relationships and cognitive function: a cohort study based on the CHARLS databa... by Jingkai He, Hui Zhang, Zhuocheng Wu, Liuyin Jin, Yunxin Ji

“…Conversely, the mediating effect of depression on relationships with male caregivers was not statistically significant.ConclusionThe findings underscore that early-life relationships with caregivers have a profound impact on cognitive function in later life, with depression serving as a crucial mediator, particularly among women. …”
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