Adolescent with unilateral vision loss.
Published in Archives of disease in childhood. Education and practice edition
Effectiveness of mindfulness-based interventions on anxiety for children and adolescents: A systematic review and meta-a...
Published in Early intervention in psychiatry
This paper aims to investigate the extent to which mindfulness-based interventions serve to reduce anxiety in children and adolescents. A heterogeneous sample was used, including clinical and non-clinical population. A literature search of controlled intervention studies published up to December 31, 2016, was carried out in PubMed, Lilacs, Cochrane...
Family and neighborhood socioeconomic status and temperament development from childhood to adolescence.
Published in Journal of personality
Children differ in their temperament and these differences predict consequential outcomes, including mental health, peer relations, substance use, academic performance, and adult personality. Additionally, children's temperament develops over time in response to environmental factors, such as the socioeconomic status (SES) of their family and the n...
The Relationships between Maternal Feeding Practices and Food Neophobia and Picky Eating
Food neophobia and picky eating (FNPE) are dietary behaviors that have been frequently reported to coexist in children. Parental concerns about these dietary behaviors may influence the feeding practices employed. In this cross-sectional study, we investigated the bidirectional associations of maternal feeding practices with children&rsquo / s FNPE...
Effect of Siblings and Type of Delivery on the Development of Motor Skills in the First 48 Months of Life
This study aimed to verify whether the presence of siblings and the type of delivery had an influence on the motor skills development of children in the first 48 months of life. We developed a quantitative study with a sample of 405 children of both genders, divided according to the studied variables: children with siblings, children without siblin...
Association of NUDT15*3 and FPGS 2572C> / T Variants with the Risk of Early Hematologic Toxicity During 6-MP and Low-D...
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Genetic variants influencing the pharmacokinetics and/or pharmacodynamics of the chemotherapeutic drugs used in Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL) therapy often contribute to the occurrence of treatment related toxicity (TRT). In this study, we explored the association of candidate genetic variants with early hematological TRT (grade 3&ndash / 4) o...
Cortical Thickness and Natural Scene Recognition in the Child’s Brain
Visual scenes are processed in terms of spatial frequencies. Low spatial frequencies (LSF) carry coarse information, whereas high spatial frequencies (HSF) subsequently carry information about fine details. The present magnetic resonance imaging study investigated how cortical thickness covaried with LSF/HSF processing abilities in ten-year-old chi...
Prevalence and Comorbidity of Atopic Dermatitis in Children: A Large-Scale Population Study Based on Real-World Data
This study aimed at exploring atopic dermatitis (AD) prevalence in children and exhaustively analyzing their comorbidity. We conducted a descriptive analysis of their socio-demographic and comorbidity characteristics in the EpiChron Cohort (Aragó / n, Spain). Adjusted odds ratios (OR) were calculated for each comorbidity using logistic regres...
Use of Non-Pharmacological Supplementations in Children and Adolescents with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: A...
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a common neurodevelopmental disorder in children and adolescents, with environmental and biological causal influences. Pharmacological medication is the first choice in ADHD treatment / recently, many studies have concentrated on dietary supplementation approaches to address nutritional deficiencie...
The Right to the City in the Platform Age: Child-Friendly City and Smart City Premises in Contention
This article sought to develop a critical account of the ever-increasing role of ICTs in cities and urban governance discourses, captured by a growing interest to &lsquo / smarten up&rsquo / our cities, for their inclusiveness of citizens more broadly, and that of children, in particular. In revisiting rights-based approaches, it gives particular a...
