Factors Influencing Paternal Attachment Among Preterm Infants in an Urban Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.

The aim of this study is to elucidate factors that may influence paternal attachment to preterm infants in an urban hospital setting. Fathers of preterm infants admitted to a level III neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) were eligible for this study. The Paternal Postnatal Attachment Scale (PPAS) is a questionnaire that invokes paternal attachment in five domains: patience, tolerance, pleasure, affection and pride.

Depressive symptoms in adolescent girls at-risk for type 2 diabetes and their parents.

Few studies have characterized the relation between parent's depression symptoms and adolescent's depression symptoms in adolescents at-risk for type 2 diabetes (T2D). We evaluated the associations of parental depression symptoms with the depression symptoms and metabolic functioning of adolescent offspring at-risk for T2D. One-hundred sixteen parents and adolescent girls with a family history of diabetes completed surveys of depression symptoms.

Weight-based teasing is associated with gain in BMI and fat mass among children and adolescents at-risk for obesity: A longitudinal study.

Background: Youths with overweight and obesity report frequent instances of weight-based teasing. However, little is known about the prospective associations between weight-based teasing and changes in body composition among youth.

Objective: To assess associations between weight-based teasing and changes in body mass index (BMI) and fat mass in a longitudinal study of youths with, or at-risk for, overweight and obesity.

Relationship of Mindfulness to Distress and Cortisol Response in Adolescent Girls At-Risk for Type 2 Diabetes.

Altered stress response theoretically contributes to the etiology of cardiometabolic disease. Mindfulness may be a protective buffer against the effects of stress on health outcomes by altering how individuals evaluate and respond to stress. We engaged adolescent girls at risk for developing Type 2 diabetes in a cold-pressor test in order to determine the relationship of dispositional mindfulness to cortisol response and subjective stress, including perceived pain and unpleasantness during the stressor, and negative affect following the stressor.