Understanding the Early Years: Early Childhood Development in Hampton/Sussex, New Brunswick
Using data from the the National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth (NLSCY), this report seeks to explain children's outcomes in terms of family background, family processes, and community factors.
• Category: Parenthood/Childrearing > Parental Mental Health
• Human Resources Development Canada • April 01, 2003

Understanding the Early Years: Early Childhood Development in Niagara Falls, Ontario
Using data from the the National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth (NLSCY), this report seeks to explain children's outcomes in terms of family background, family processes, and community factors.
• Category: Parenthood/Childrearing > Parental Mental Health
• Human Resources Development Canada • June 01, 2003

Parent Stress and the Active Child
This study sought to determine whether mothers with highly active children experience more stress.
• Category: Parenthood/Childrearing > Parental Mental Health
• University of Wisconsin- River Falls • April 10, 2006

Evaluation of a Faith-Based Socioemotional Support Program for Parents of African American Youth With Antisocial Behaviors
This dissertation proposes and evaluates an eight week faith-based parenting program offering communications skills training, child development teaching and spiritual support for parents with antisocial children.
• Category: Parenthood/Childrearing > Parental Mental Health
• Nova Southeastern University • 2005

Left Unsupervised: A Look at the Most Vulnerable Children
This paper discusses levels of parental supervision and the prevalence of self-care by American children.
• Category: Parenthood/Childrearing > Parental Mental Health
• Child Trends • April 01, 2003

Health Status and Behaviors of Unwed Fathers
This paper provides a comparative analysis of the overall well-being of fathers who are either married or in other various forms of relationships with their child's mother.
• Category: Parenthood/Childrearing > Parental Mental Health
• Center for Research on Child Wellbeing • January 01, 2001

A Profile of Clinical Depression in Canada
This paper describes the social implications of depression in Canada.
• Category: Parenthood/Childrearing > Parental Mental Health
• Research Data Centre Network • February 2008

Union Formation and Depression: Selection and Relationship Effects
This paper examines possible explanations for the finding that married individuals have significantly lower rates of depression than cohabiting individuals.
• Category: Parenthood/Childrearing > Parental Mental Health
• Center for Family and Demographic Research • 2002

The Effects of Poverty on Children
This article explores the physical, emotional, behavioural, educational, and health outcomes of children living in poverty, and explores how low income influences create adverse child outcomes.
• Category: Parenthood/Childrearing > Parental Mental Health
• The Future of Children • Summer/Fall 1997

How Different ARE Welfare and Working Families? And Do Those Differences Matter for Children's Achievement?
This paper examines differences between welfare reliant, low-income, and middle class families in terms of mental health, time use, household management, spending, parenting, and child achievement.
• Category: Parenthood/Childrearing > Parental Mental Health
• Joint Center for Poverty Research • May 20, 1998

Child Maltreatment and Disability
This paper investigates the relationship between child and parental physical and intellectual disability, and child maltreatment.
• Category: Parenthood/Childrearing > Parental Mental Health
• Australian Institute of Family Studies • Summer 1996

Child Maltreatment and Mental Disorder
This paper provides evidence of a connection between parental mental disorders and various forms of child abuse and maltreatment.
• Category: Parenthood/Childrearing > Parental Mental Health
• National Child Protection Clearinghouse, Australian Institute for Family Studies • Summer 1996

Child Neglect: A Guide for Intervention
This manual reviews existing knowledge and research about the nature and causes of child neglect in the United States ...
• Category: Parenthood/Childrearing > Parental Mental Health
• US Department of Health and Human Services • 2006

Playing With Daddy: Social Toy Play, Early Head Start, and Developmental Outcomes
Researchers in this study monitored father-toddler social toy play in relation to child development, fathers' mental/social wellbeing and enrolment in the Early Head Start program.
• Category: Parenthood/Childrearing > Parental Mental Health
• Mens Studies Press • January 1, 2004

Employment, Earnings Supplements, and Mental Health: A Controlled Experiment
This paper explores the relationship between employment and mental health, and evaluates the cost-effectiveness of the Self Sufficiency Project in terms of its policy of providing financial incentives for employment to those living on welfare.
• Category: Parenthood/Childrearing > Parental Mental Health
• Social Research and Demonstration Corporation • February 01, 2004

The Effect of Peer Support on Postpartum Depression: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial
This study provided mothers at risk for post-partum depression with peer support over the telephone and compared depressive symptoms in this group with those in a control group.
• Category: Parenthood/Childrearing > Parental Mental Health
• Canadian Psychiatric Association • March 01, 2003

All Together Now: How Families are Affected by Depression and Manic Depression
This paper discusses the impact that depression has on families and, more specifically, how parental depression affects children.
• Category: Parenthood/Childrearing > Parental Mental Health
• Health Canada • 1999

Predicting Early Fatherhood and Whether Young Fathers Live with Their Children: Prospective Findings and Policy Reconsiderations
This paper addresses the occurrence of fatherhood and looks specifically at the characteristics of young and/or absentee fathers.
• Category: Parenthood/Childrearing > Parental Mental Health
• Institute for Research on Poverty • August 01, 2001

Depression, Substance Abuse, and Domestic Violence: Little is Known About Co-Occurrence and Combined Effects on Low-Income Families
This paper summarizes research on the occurrence of depression, domestic violence, and substance abuse among low-income women and the effects these factors have on women and their children.
• Category: Parenthood/Childrearing > Parental Mental Health
• National Center for Children in Poverty • June 2004

Promoting Resilience: Helping Young Children and Parents Affected by Substance Abuse, Domestic Violence, and Depression in the Context of Welfare Reform
This paper explores how unemployed parents are impacted by domestic violence, substance abuse, and/or mental illness on young children in the home.
• Category: Parenthood/Childrearing > Parental Mental Health
• National Center for Children in Poverty • February 2000

Why Marriage Matters: 21 Conclusions From the Social Sciences
This paper discusses the economic, educational, psychological, health-related, and developmental benefits of marriage and the negative consequences of divorce.
• Category: Parenthood/Childrearing > Parental Mental Health
• Centre of the American Experiment • 2002

Single motherhood and mental health: implications for primary prevention
This paper provides an extensive survey of research done on the health of single mothers.
• Category: Parenthood/Childrearing > Parental Mental Health
• Canadian Medical Association • March 01, 1997

Single Motherhood and Mental Health: Implications for Primary Prevention
In this paper, the author suggests that recent studies on single parenting point to the need for changes in both the policies and addressing the problems, and the way those policies are evaluated.
• Category: Parenthood/Childrearing > Parental Mental Health
• Canadian Medical Association • March 1997

Preparing for Parenthood: Who's Ready, Who's Not?
This study examines pregnancy intendedness, attendance at parenting classes, access to support from family or friends, and psychological preparedness in order to assess couples' readiness to parent.
• Category: Parenthood/Childrearing > Parental Mental Health
• Center for Research on Child Wellbeing • May 01, 1998

Lessons of United States Welfare Reforms for Australian Social Policy
This paper reviews the impact that the United States welfare reforms have had on employment rates, income, maternal mental and physical health, and the well-being of children.
• Category: Parenthood/Childrearing > Parental Mental Health
• Australian Institute of Family Studies • November 2002

A Report on Mental Illnesses in Canada
This report discusses the widespread impact of mental illness not only on those who suffer from it but also the effect it has on family and friends.
• Category: Parenthood/Childrearing > Parental Mental Health
• Health Canada • October 01, 2002

A Longitudinal Analysis of Family Relationships and Children's School Achievement in One- and Two-Parent Families
This paper analyzes data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth (NLSCY) and assesses how factors such as family structure, family processes, and child characteristics are associated with teachers’ judgments of children’s academic success.
• Category: Parenthood/Childrearing > Parental Mental Health
• Social Development Canada • June 2000

Health and Disabilities Services in Early Head Start: Are Families Getting Needed Health Care Services?
This paper investigates the health of children and families in the Early Head Start program, focusing on specific health concerns such as birthweight, infections, and parental mental health and its impact on child well-being.
• Category: Parenthood/Childrearing > Parental Mental Health
• Department of Health and Human Services • January 2004

Orbitofrontal Cortex Tracks Positive Mood in Mothers Viewing Pictures of their Newborn Infants
Neurologists in this study found that first-time mothers, when presented with pictures of their infants, exhibited more brain activity in the frontal cortex of the brain responsible for the function of mood and emotion than when presented with pictures of unfamiliar infants.
• Category: Parenthood/Childrearing > Parental Mental Health
• Elsevier Inc. • February 2004

Results from the 2002 National Survey on Drug Use and Health: National Findings
This report presents comprehensive information about the prevalence and frequency of drug, alcohol and tobacco use, the number of users, the characteristics of users, and the types of substances used.
• Category: Parenthood/Childrearing > Parental Mental Health
• SAMHSA: Office of Applied Studies • 2003

Young Families Under Stress: Outcomes and Costs of Home-Start Support
This report examines the effectiveness of Home-Start, a family support program designed to improve the well-being of families experiencing stress as a result of maternal health problems, child disability, multiple births, young children, and social isolation.
• Category: Parenthood/Childrearing > Parental Mental Health
• The Joseph Rowntree Foundation • 2004

Alcohol and Illicit Drug Dependence
This article examines the prevalence and symptoms of alcohol and illicit drug dependence and studies the relationship between substance addiction and depression.
• Category: Parenthood/Childrearing > Parental Mental Health
• Statistics Canada • 2004

Mental Health Problems Among Single Mothers: Implications for Work and Welfare Reform
This paper discusses the mental health problems of single mothers and examines how these problems act as barriers to employment and self-sufficiency.
• Category: Parenthood/Childrearing > Parental Mental Health
• Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy • December 2000

Maternal Stress and Mothering Behaviors in Stable and Unstable Families
This paper examines the effect of family structure arrangements on maternal stress and parenting style.
• Category: Parenthood/Childrearing > Parental Mental Health
• Center for Research on Child Wellbeing • Revised May 2004

Critical Issues for Parents with Mental Issues and their Families
This book examines the prevalence, repurcussions, prevention, and treatment of parental mental health problems in the US.
• Category: Parenthood/Childrearing > Parental Mental Health
• Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration • July 30, 2001

Family Strengths: Often Overlooked, But Real
This research brief examines measurements of family strength used by national family surveys.
• Category: Parenthood/Childrearing > Parental Mental Health
• Child Trends • August 01, 2002

From Prison to Home: The Dimensions and Consequences of Prisoner Reentry
This paper examines the process of prisoner reentry into the community, highlights some obstacles to successful reentry, and investigates the impact of reentry for the family and community of the released offender.
• Category: Parenthood/Childrearing > Parental Mental Health
• Urban Institute Justice Policy Center • June 01, 2001

Promoting Women's Mental Health: The Challenge of Intimate/Domestic Violence Against Women
This paper demonstrates the links between domestic violence and the development of mental health problems such as depression, anxiety, substance abuse, suicidal thoughts and post-traumatic stress disorder.
• Category: Parenthood/Childrearing > Parental Mental Health
• Australian Domestic and Family Violence Clearinghouse • 2003

The Health of Lone Mothers
This paper examines the health of lone mothers over time and compares it to the health of mothers in dual parent homes.
• Category: Parenthood/Childrearing > Parental Mental Health
• Statistics Canada • October 01, 1999

Symptoms of Depression Among Welfare Recipients: A Concern for Two Generations
This paper examines the prevalence of depression among low-income single mothers.
• Category: Parenthood/Childrearing > Parental Mental Health
• Child Trends • December 01, 2001

Mental Health: A Report of the Surgeon General
This book gives an extensive overview, explanation, and analysis of mental health issues, their causes and effects, associated risk and protective factors, and available treatment and support strategies.
• Category: Parenthood/Childrearing > Parental Mental Health
• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services • 1999

Work-Life Balance: A Report to the Ministers Responsible for Labour in Canada
This report reviews the Canadian legislation pertaining to work-life balance, provides examples of government and community initiatives in this field, and discusses ways that employers in different sectors of the economy have addressed the work-life balance.
• Category: Parenthood/Childrearing > Parental Mental Health
• CAALL Ad Hoc Committee on Work-Life Balance • February 01, 2002