Children of a transsexual father: a successful intervention

Following gender reassignment, transsexuals are often assessed in many different areas with regard to how they are functioning. However, there is little attention paid to the children they may have had prior to the operation and change in lifestyle. Children may present with problems related to the parents transsexualism, or with more generalised difficulties secondary to break-up of the family. A family of a transsexual father is described in which the children presented with difficulties and in which the intervention was successful.     

HLA-B27 negative ankylosing spondylitis in a father and a son

Only 5% of AS patients are B27 negative. We describe two cases of HLA-B27 negative AS in a father and a son who both developed clinical and radiological features characteristic of AS. Tissue typing for HLA-A,-B,-C was performed in all 1.degree family members except for the father who died in 1990. All family members possessed B40. HLA-B40 may contribute to an increased susceptibility for AS not only in B27 positive individuals but also in B27 negative cases.     

Deconstructing the essential father.

Neoconservative social scientists have claimed that fathers are essential to positive child development and that responsible fathering is most likely to occur within the context of heterosexual marriage. This perspective is generating a range of governmental initiatives designed to provide social support preferences to fathers over mothers and to heterosexual married couples over alternative family forms. The authors propose that the neoconservative position is an incorrect or oversimplified interpretation of empirical research. Using a wide range of cross-species, cross-cultural, and social science research, the authors argue that neither mothers nor fathers are essential to child development and that responsible fathering can occur within a variety of family structures. The authors conclude with alternative recommendations for encouraging responsible fathering that do not discriminate against mothers and diverse family forms. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

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值得注意的是,这些行业用户由于其业务流程的拓展和更新,对于相应高扫产品的需求也在发生变化.用户已不仅仅着眼于拥有速度快、负荷高的扫描设备,同时也对产品应用的广度有越来越高的期望,即要求扫描设备能够完美嵌入现有业务流程,为用户提供完整的数字化存储解决方案.     

An unusual form of chronic neutropenia in a father and daughter with hypogammaglobulinaemia

Chronic neutropenia, with an abundance of mature neutrophils in the bone marrow, was discovered in a father and daughter who also had common variable hypogammaglobulinaemia. Under the stress of infection or following the administration of typhoid vaccine, release of neutrophils from the marrow was enhanced sufficiently to abolish neutropenia temporarily. Although their morphology was abnormal, the function of neutrophils in vitro was normal. Thus, the increased susceptibility to infection that characterized these patients appeared to be due primarily to their defect in humoral immunity rather than their neutropenia.     

N achievement and father dominance in Turkey.

This study presents cross-cultural data to support the hypothesis that father dominance is associated with low need Achievement (n Ach) in men. Evidence for the hypothesis was obtained (a) by testing groups of American and Turkish junior executives and (b) by comparing n Ach scores of Turks who differ in the degree to which they were dominated by their fathers. The American junior executives, as compared with the Turks, were found to have significantly higher n Ach scores. In 3 independent samples, Turks who were less dominated by their fathers, as measured by Ss' age when their fathers died or when they first lived apart from their fathers, had significantly higher n Ach scores than did men who were more dominated by their fathers. Such a relationship was not found, however, when dominance was measured by Ss' report of who had had the greatest influence in their lives. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Leadership: as my father used to say

From 1983 to August 1995, the University of Miami Organ Procurement Organization evaluated 41 candidates for non-heart-beating cadaveric donation and determined that 34 patients met the criteria. All patients had irreversible brain injury incompatible with survival. All families gave permission for withdrawal of life support and for tissue and organ donation after cardiac arrest. Thirteen donors died in the operating room, and 9 died in the ICU or emergency department. Four of the 9 patients who died in the ICU had undergone femoral cannulation. The remaining 12 donors were brain-dead but had an unpredicted cardiac arrest before laparotomy. All kidneys were preserved by using machine pulsatile perfusion, and 21 kidneys were transported to other centers. Of the 35 transplanted kidneys, 26 (74%) had immediate function, 6 (17%) had delayed graft function, and 3 (9%) were not used for other reasons. Five of the six transplanted livers had immediate function.     

Mother father deaf: the heritage of difference

Almost 90% of the children born to life-long profoundly deaf parents are hearing. Within this extraordinary family setting, hearing children of deaf parents are exposed to and interact with two differing cultural, social and linguistic systems: that of their deaf parents and the Deaf community, and that of hearing peers and adults. The present paper focuses on cultural identity and affiliation of hearing children of deaf parents--a population whose lives incorporate the paradox of being culturally 'Deaf' and yet functionally hearing. Data reported here are primarily based on interviews and life histories with 150 adult hearing children of deaf parents throughout the United States. The informants in this study provide an opportunity to explore the parameters and norms of Deaf culture as it contrasts and conflicts with those of Hearing culture.     

Adolescent mother–infant–father relationships.

52 adolescent mothers (aged 15.7–29.9 yrs) were observed at home interacting with their 6-mo-old infants and male partners (aged 16.5–29.9 yrs). Both parents were also questioned independently about their dyadic relationship, social support networks, and life stresses. As in previous studies of adult parents, results indicate that the mothers interacted much more actively with the infants than did the fathers. Variations in the degree of paternal involvement and engagement were significantly related to the degree of mother–father engagement as well as measures of social support, whereas maternal involvement and engagement were unrelated to these measures. Findings were consistent with prior research on adult parents by J. Belsky et al (see record 1984-28444-001); M. E. Lamb (1981); and M. W. Yogman (1982). Age of the father was not consistently or meaningfully related to any of the behavioral or self-report measures. (27 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Only Men Need Apply?

Comments on the paper by M. E. Heilman (see record 1990-57170-001) in which questions are raised and data are presented regarding the effect of feminine sex-role stereotyping. However, the current author was dismayed that a woman psychologist dealing with this kind of issue could be guilty of a "sin" often committed by male psychologists: in her study, Heilman sampled only male subjects. Are only male students' perceptions of female instructors of importance? (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Review of Between father and child: How to become the kind of father you want to be.

Reviews the book, Between father and child: How to become the kind of father you want to be by R. Levant and J. Kelly (1989). This book is one of the most recent books on parenting that focuses on the father's unique relationship with his son and/or daughter. It is the result of the Boston University Fatherhood Project, a skills training and group interaction/discussion support group for fathers. Written for fathers (and according to the authors, for mothers as well), it is a nontechnical, readable approach to improving communications and relationships between fathers and their children. It is an outstanding contribution to the growing list of volumes dedicated to parenting 'in the next century,' and contributes a sensitive, practical approach to relationship enhancement as well as directly confronting such issues as sexism, male socialization processes and gender role strain and conflict issues. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Dominantly inherited macular degeneration (Best's disease) in a homozygous father with 11 children

In Sweden, more than 250 cases of hereditary macular degeneration (HMD), inherited as an autosomal dominant trait and consistent with Best's disease, have been traced to one gene source in the 17th century. In this large material an apparently homozygous father was found, who was aged 56 and had 11 affected children. One of the children, aged 24, did not show any macular degeneration, but nevertheless she was considereds to be a carrier of the HMD-gene because she had pathological EOG-values. The great variations in expressivity of the disease in the 11 children reflected what has been found as a rule in large Swedish families with HMD. The homozygotic stage did not seem to differ in clinical appearance from the heterozygotic.     

Effects of a playgroup experience on mother–son and father–son interaction.

Compared the mother–son and father–son interaction of 6 toddlers who were completely homereared with the parent–child interactions of 6 male toddlers who were participants in a daily 3-hr playgroup. Interactions were videotaped in a semistructured laboratory setting. The first observation was made immediately before the beginning of the playgroup experience, with subsequent observations being made after half of the toddlers had been in a playgroup for 3 and 6 mo. Although there were no differences in the playgroup and homecare toddlers before the playgroup experience, significant differences were found after the playgroup experience. The playgroup toddlers became proportionally more active in their parent–child interactions. They also became more responsive to the interaction initiations of their parents. Significant differences were also found in parental behavior as a function of the playgroup experience. The parents of the playgroup children became significantly less dominant. In addition, some differences were found in mother–child and father–child interaction independent of the playgroup experience. (15 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)