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PERIODICAL

Beyond the Shadow of 9/11 — Sep 1, 2011

The 10th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks warrants a thoughtful review of America's progress and future strategy. In this RAND Review cover story, RAND experts offer perspectives on Afghan-led solutions, ways to counter al Qaeda, air passenger security, and compensation for those affected by terrorism.

JOURNAL ARTICLE

The Association of Activity Level, Parent Mental Distress, and Parental Involvement and Monitoring with Unintentional Injury Risk in Fifth Graders — Apr 30, 2011

Unintentional injuries in fifth graders are associated with both parent and child characteristics.

RESEARCH BRIEF

A Worksite Parenting Program That Works — Mar 23, 2011

Summarizes research on Talking Parents, Healthy Teens, a worksite-based parenting program designed by RAND and University of California at Los Angeles researchers that improves communication between parents and their adolescents on sexual health.

RESEARCH BRIEF

Views from the Homefront: How Military Youth and Spouses Are Coping with Deployment — Jan 19, 2011

Reports the results of a longitudinal study of youth from military families and their caregivers concerning their emotional well-being and how well they are coping with servicemembers' extended deployments.

REPORT

Children and Spouses of Deployed Military Members Report Challenges as Responsibilities Increase — Jan 19, 2011

Children and spouses of military members deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan report facing challenges as family relationships change and they assume more responsibility for household duties during deployment.

NEWS RELEASE

Children and Spouses of Deployed Military Members Report Challenges as Responsibilities Increase — Jan 19, 2011

Children and spouses of military members deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan report facing challenges as family relationships change and they assume more responsibility for household duties during deployment.

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Parenting Predictors of Early-Adolescents' Health Behaviors: Simultaneous Group Comparisons Across Sex and Ethnic Groups — May 31, 2010

This study examined whether specific parenting factors can be used to predict adolescent problem behaviors in intervention studies.

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Shaping Smoking Cessation in Hard-To-Treat Smokers — Dec 31, 2009

Setting intermediate criteria between the present behavior and total abstinence can improve outcomes for hard to treat smokers.

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Endowments and Parental Investments in Infancy and Early Childhood — Dec 31, 2009

This article tests whether parents reinforce or compensate for child endowments.

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Not Enough Fruit and Vegetables or Too Many Cookies, Candies, Salty Snacks, and Soft Drinks? — Dec 31, 2009

There are many contributors to obesity, including excess consumption of discretionary calories (foods high in sugar and fat and low in essential nutrients), lack of fruit/vegetable consumption, and insufficient physical activity.

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Timing of Parent and Child Communication About Sexuality Relative to Children's Sexual Behaviors — Dec 31, 2009

Examine timing of parent-child discussions about sexual topics relative to child-reported sexual behavior.

RESEARCH BRIEF

Views from the Home Front: The Experience of Children from Military Families — Nov 2, 2009

Summarizes research showing that children from military families experience above-average levels of emotional and behavioral difficulties and that longer parental deployments are associated with greater difficulties.

RESEARCH BRIEF

How Parental HIV Affects Children — Jul 30, 2009

Examines the unique challenges faced by children of HIV-infected parents and indicates how some of the negative effects of parental HIV on children could be ameliorated.

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Perceived Effects of Leave from Work and the Role of Paid Leave Among Parents of Children with Special Health Care Needs — Dec 31, 2008

The authors examined the perceived effects of leave from work among employed parents of children with special health care needs.

JOURNAL ARTICLE

The Response of Household Parental Investment to Child Endowments — Sep 1, 2008

The empirical results of this paper imply that such household parental investments compensate for low endowments, as proxied by low birth weight.

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Early and Middle Adolescents' Autonomy Development: Impact of Maternal HIV/AIDS — Dec 31, 2007

Children who had taken on more responsibility for instrumental caretaking roles because of their mother's HIV showed better autonomy development as early and middle age adolescents, so parentification may not negatively affect later autonomy.

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Positive Parenting and Early Puberty in Girls: Protective Effects Against Aggressive Behavior — Dec 31, 2007

Early puberty is a risk factor for delinquency, and early puberty combined with low parental nurturance, communication, or parental knowledge of the child's activities presents a risk for aggressive behavior in early adolescent girls.

JOURNAL ARTICLE

An Experimental Juvenile Probation Program: Effects on Parent and Peer Relationships — Dec 31, 2007

Discusses a team approach to service delivery of an intensive probation program by the South Oxnard Challenge Project (SOCP). Researchers interviewed juveniles who were randomly assigned to either the SOCP experimental condition or the control condition of a routine probation program. The intensive probation program, among other goals, focused on improving parent-child relationships and teaching youth how to choose better peers. At 1 year…

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Growing Up in a Permissive Household: What Deters At-Risk Adolescents from Heavy Drinking? — Dec 31, 2007

Permissive households (based on parental knowledge of whereabouts, curfew, and predicted response to child drinking or use of marijuana) are associated with adolescent heavy drinking. Alcohol prevention programs can target prodrinking influences.

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Evaluation of Talking Parents, Healthy Teens, a New Worksite Based Parenting Programme to Promote Parent-Adolescent Communication About Sexual Health: Randomised Controlled Trial — Dec 31, 2007

Finds that a work-based group discussion program for parents--Talking Parents, Healthy Teenshad substantial effects on communication at home between parents and adolescents about sexual health, including ability to communicate and number of topics.

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Gail L. Zellman is a senior research psychologist at the RAND Corporation with years of experience conducting and leading research on child and youth policy. Her research interests include measurement of child care quality, parent school involvement, child abuse, and prenatal substance exposure.…

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