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Stress and depression are no strangers to college students. But unfortunately, help often is a stranger. Students who need someone to talk to - about practically anything - might think they have nowhere to turn

The effect of language acculturation on parent-child interactions and problem behaviors among children who are Hispanic

This is a longitudinal study investigating the effects of language acculturation on parental warmth and problem behaviors. It includes 163 children who are Hispanic and their parents. It began when the children were 24 months old and ended when the children were in 5th grade. Results revealed that language acculturation does not have a significant effect on parental warmth or problem behaviors of children who are Hispanic. The positive implications of these findings are discussed

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Particulate Matter Health Effects Research Centers Program: a midcourse report of status, progress, and plans.

In 1998 Congress mandated expanded U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) health effects research on ambient air particulate matter (PM) and a National Research Council (NRC) committee to provide research oversight. The U.S. EPA currently supports intramural and extramural PM research, including five academically based PM centers. The PM centers in their first 2.5 years have initiated research directed at critical issues identified by the NRC committee, including collaborative activities, and sponsored scientific workshops in key research areas. Through these activities, there is a better understanding of PM health effects and scientific uncertainties. Future PM centers research will focus on long-term effects associated with chronic PM exposures. This report provides a synopsis of accomplishments to date, short-term goals (during the next 2.5 years) and longer-term goals. It consists of six sections: biological mechanisms, acute effects, chronic effects, dosimetry, exposure assessment, and the specific attributes of a coordinated PM centers program

The effect of language acculturation on parent-child interactions and problem behaviors among children who are Hispanic

This is a longitudinal study investigating the effects of language acculturation on parental warmth and problem behaviors. It includes 163 children who are Hispanic and their parents. It began when the children were 24 months old and ended when the children were in 5th grade. Results revealed that language acculturation does not have a significant effect on parental warmth or problem behaviors of children who are Hispanic. The positive implications of these findings are discussed.</p

Someone to talk to

Stress and depression are no strangers to college students. But unfortunately, help often is a stranger. Students who need someone to talk to - about practically anything - might think they have nowhere to turn.</p

A comparison of social interactions between preschool students from Spanish speaking homes and preschool students from English speaking homes

This study examined the differences between preschool students from Spanish speaking homes and preschool students from English speaking homes in the areas of classroom conduct, social skills, and teacher-child relationship quality, as rated by their teachers. Data were taken from the Early Head Start Research and Evaluation Project (EHSRE), a longitudinal study beginning in 1996. Participants in the current study included 1,034 parents, 1,034 children, and 743 teachers. Significant results revealed that students from Spanish speaking homes were rated more positively in the areas of classroom conduct and teacher-child relationship quality than students from English speaking homes. Analyses of sex differences yielded significant results, indicating that females were rated more positively than males in the areas of classroom conduct, social skills, and teacher-child relationship quality. Finally, classroom quality and receptive language scores accounted for some of the variance in the home language groups on the measures of classroom conduct and teacher-child relationship quality. The need for future research and implications for the social development of English learners are discussed.</p