Class- and subject teachers' self-efficacy and emotional stability and students' perceptions of the teacher-student relationship, classroom management, and classroom disruptions.

Background: Teacher self-efficacy and emotional stability are considered crucial resources for coping with classroom demands. We examined how class and subject teachers' self-efficacy beliefs and emotional stability are related to teachers' and students' perceptions of the teacher-student relationship, classroom management, and classroom disruptions.

Methods: In a sample of eighty-two swiss german 5th and 6th grade classes, 1290 students, their class teacher (N = 82), and a selected subject teacher (N = 82) filled out a questionnaire assessing classroom disruptions, teacher-student relationships, and classroom management.

Methylation of the glucocorticoid receptor promoter in children: Links with parents as teachers, early life stress, and behavior problems.

The present study examined the effect of early life stress (ELS) on the glucocorticoid receptor gene () methylation, the associations between methylation and behavior problems, and the effect of the program Parents as Teachers (PAT) on methylation. Participants included 132 children, 72 assigned to the PAT intervention group and 60 to the PAT control group. Children were aged 3 years, and were living in psychosocially at-risk families.

MEDIATING ROLE OF MATERNAL SENSITIVITY: ENHANCING LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT IN AT-RISK FAMILIES.

Home-visiting programs have gained increasing importance in family-centered prevention and intervention. However, few studies have examined the mechanisms underlying early intervention treatment effects. The goal of this study is to analyze the mediating role of maternal sensitivity in enhancing language development with the home-visiting program Parents as Teachers (PAT).

Patients' self-reported adherence to cardiovascular medication using electronic monitors as comparators.

The aim of this study was to evaluate self-reporting of adherence to cardiovascular medication using electronic pillboxes (medical event monitoring system [MEMS]) as the gold standard comparator. In total, 78 individuals (52% hypertensives, 21% diabetics, 27% with dyslipidemia) were recruited prospectively from an outpatient clinic setting in Switzerland. Participants completed two self-report measures (visual analogue scale [VAS] and a validated self-reporting questionnaire) at baseline and were asked to use MEMS as their pillbox for the subsequent 10 weeks.

[Unilateral neck inflammation in psoriasis].

Local inflammation and systemic symptoms such as fever, fatigue and loss of appetite suggest the diagnosis of an abscess even if the patient is in a good general physical condition. The site of bacterial penetration should be identified along the corresponding lymphatic vessels. In this case, periauricular scratching induced by severe psoriasis led to a cervical abscess, the causing bacteria were identified as Streptococcus pyogenes.