The intertwined effect of lack of emotional warmth and child abuse and neglect on common mental disorders in adolescence.

Adolescence is a vulnerable period for mental health problems. Although child abuse and neglect (CAN) are known risk factors for some of them, it is not clear if the negative consequences on mental health also occur in families where CAN and a warm parent-child relationship coexist. The aim of this study is to explore this gap and investigate the effects of different types of CAN according to levels of warmth in the parent-child relationship on common mental disorders (CMD) in adolescence.

[Dimensional structure of the Brazilian version of the s-EMBU instrument for measuring parental educational practices in adolescents].

The aim of this study was to assess the dimensional structure of the s-EMBU, used to measure parental educational practices in adolescents. The sample included 487 students from Greater Metropolitan Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 2013. Mean age was 14 years, and 47% were girls.

[Conceptual, item, semantic, and operational equivalence of a Brazilian version of the s-EMBU for measuring parental rearing practices in adolescents].

Parental upbringing of children and adolescents has received little attention in research on the promotion of children's health and wellbeing. This paper presents the initial cross-cultural adaptation process of a Brazilian version of the s-EMBU for adolescents, which intends to capture parental rearing practices. The study takes a universalistic approach to assess the four initial phases of cross-cultural adaptation: conceptual, item, semantic, and operational equivalence.

[Birth in Baby-Friendly Hospitals in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: a protective factor for breastfeeding?].

This article aims to investigate the impact of the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative (BFHI) on exclusive breastfeeding (EBF). This was a cross-sectional study with 811 mothers of infants under five months of age, randomly selected at five health centers in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The exposure variable was hospital of birth, categorized in accredited hospitals (BFH), certified hospitals (CBFH), and hospitals without accreditation.