Frontolimbic responses to emotional faces in young people at familial risk of depression by Mannie, Z, Taylor, M, Harmer, C, Cowen, P, Norbury, R

“…</p><p>Methods: We used a block designed functional magnetic resonance imaging to measure the neural responses to a task involving the matching of emotional facial expressions in 29 young people (age 16-21 years) who had a biological parent with a history of major depression, and 30 age- and gender-matched controls.…”

Barriers on access to and use of adolescent health services in Ghana by Aaron Asibi Abuosi, Emmanuel Anongeba Anaba

“…Findings - The findings of this study revealed that majority of the respondents were females (54 percent) older adolescents (above 15 years (60 percent), students (79 percent)), had junior high school education and stayed with their biological parent(s) (70 percent). Adolescents in this study perceived four main barriers that restrict their access to or use of adolescent health services. …”
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The Adoption Act 1952 & the registration of Adoptions Act 1952: a study on the rights and procedures in adopting children in Malaysia / Liyana Shazzwanie Ismail, Nabilah Syahida Ab... by Ismail, Liyana Shazzwanie, Abdullah Salleh, Nabilah Syahida, Wagini, Nur Azizi

“…There are still some issues that have not been dealt with clearly such as the child's welfare and rights, biological parent or parents' rights and consents, the court jurisdictions to hear the adoptions cases, the conditions and restrictions in granting the adoptions orders, the residency of both adopters and the child to be adopted and the issue of legitimacy of a child. …”
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Mental health of youth orphaned due to AIDS in South Africa: biological and supportive links to caregivers by Sharer, M, Cluver, L, Shields, J

“…Those living with a biological parent had significantly higher anxiety symptoms than those living with a grandparent, other kin, or non-kin. …”

Socioeconomic inequalities in child and adolescent mental health in Australia: the role of parenting style and parents’ relationships by Nirmal Gautam, Mohammad Mafizur Rahman, Rubayyat Hashmi, Apiradee Lim, Rasheda Khanam

“…Methods This study utilized data from the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children (Waves 1–7), specifically focusing on intact biological parent families, while excluding single-parent and blended-family households. …”
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Transmit Radiant Individuality to Offspring (TRIO) study: investigating intergenerational transmission effects on brain development by Izumi Matsudaira, Izumi Matsudaira, Ryo Yamaguchi, Ryo Yamaguchi, Yasuyuki Taki

“…We have begun a novel neuroimaging research project, the Transmit Radiant Individuality to Offspring (TRIO) study, which focuses on biological parent-offspring trios. The participants of the TRIO study were Japanese parent-offspring trios consisting of offspring aged 10–40 and their biological mother and father. …”
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Linear growth following complicated severe malnutrition: 1-year follow-up cohort of Kenyan children by Ngari, M, Iversen, P, Thitiri, J, Mwalekwa, L, Timbwa, M, Fegan, G, Berkley, J

“…Premature birth and not being cared by the biological parent were associated with HAZ gain. Increases in mid-upper arm circumference and weight-for-age were associated with HAZ gain and protected against HAZ loss. …”

The Impact of Family Complexity on the Risk of Developmental Delay and Socio-Emotional Difficulties in Early Childhood by Judit Monostori, Laura Szabó, Krisztina Kopcsó

“…To measure family complexity, full biological families, two-biological-parent families with half- and/or step-siblings, step-parent families, and single-parent families were separated. …”
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Pacific Islands Cohort on Cardiometabolic Health Study: rationale and design by Rachael T. Leon Guerrero, Margaret P. Hattori-Uchima, Grazyna Badowski, Tanisha F. Aflague, Kathryn Wood, Kristi Hammond, Remedios Perez

“…The goal is to recruit participant dyads consisting of 1 child plus their biological parent in Guam (500 dyads or 1,000 participants), Pohnpei (50 dyads or 100 participants), and Palau (50 dyads or 100 participants). …”
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Low-Pass Genome Sequencing-Based Detection of Paternity: Validation in Clinical Cytogenetics by Keying Li, Yilin Zhao, Matthew Hoi Kin Chau, Ye Cao, Tak Yeung Leung, Yvonne K. Kwok, Kwong Wai Choy, Zirui Dong

“…Submission of a non-biological parent together with a proband for genetic diagnosis would cause a misattributed parentage (MP), possibly leading to misinterpretation of the pathogenicity of genomic variants. …”
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Pregnancy among adolescent girls in humanitarian settings: a case in refugee camp of Gambella regional state, community-based cross-sectional study, Southwest Ethiopia, 2021 by Koang Nyak Bol, Ebissa Negera, Abdi Geda Gedefa

“…Age (17–19 years), educational status and household living arrangement (living with none of the biological parents and living with either of the biological parents) were among the factors significantly associated with adolescent pregnancy. …”
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Global Trends in Surrogacy Uptake by Destination and Nationality 2018–2020 by Sam EVERINGHAM, Andrea WHITTAKER

“…Method: Surrogacy agencies in Canada, Colombia, Cyprus, Georgia, Guatemala, Kenya, Mexico, Thailand, Ukraine and USA were asked to complete an anonymised online survey providing aggregate data on the number of commissioning singles and couples who contracted for surrogacy services during each year by nationality of the biological parent(s). Results: Over thirty agencies across eight nations reported on a total of 6550 clients commencing over these three calendar years. …”
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Cognitive and affective control for adolescents in care versus their peers: implications for mental health by Rosie McGuire, Sarah L. Halligan, Susanne Schweizer, Jovita T. Leung, Rachel M. Hiller

“…Abstract Background Many adolescents who have been removed from the care of their biological parent(s) and placed in State or Local Authority care have experienced significant adversity, including high rates of maltreatment and other trauma(s). …”
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Associations of sedentary behavior, sedentary bouts and breaks in sedentary time with cardiometabolic risk in children with a family history of obesity. by Travis John Saunders, Mark Stephen Tremblay, Marie-Ève Mathieu, Mélanie Henderson, Jennifer O'Loughlin, Angelo Tremblay, Jean-Philippe Chaput, QUALITY cohort research group

“…Although reports in adults suggest that breaks in sedentary time are associated with reduced cardiometabolic risk, these findings have yet to be replicated in children.To investigate whether objectively measured sedentary behavior, sedentary bouts or breaks in sedentary time are independently associated with cardiometabolic risk in a cohort of Canadian children aged 8-11 years with a family history of obesity.Data from 286 boys and 236 girls living in Quebec, Canada, with at least one biological parent with obesity (QUALITY cohort) were collected from 2005-2008, and analyzed in 2013. …”
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Maturity Has a Greater Association than Relative Age with Physical Performance in English Male Academy Soccer Players by John M. Radnor, Jacob Staines, James Bevan, Sean P. Cumming, Adam L. Kelly, Rhodri S. Lloyd, Jon L. Oliver

“…Data were collected for height, weight, self-reported biological parent heights, 30 m sprint time and countermovement jump (CMJ) height. …”
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Perspectives and factors associated with informal human milk sharing: a mixed-methods systematic review protocol [version 2; peer review: 4 approved] by Gillian Paul, Anne Matthews, Niamh Vickers

“…Informal human milk sharing is a means of donating human milk from another lactating individual who is not the child’s biological parent, in a casual manner, that is, without the involvement of health professionals or agencies. …”
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Perspectives and factors associated with informal human milk sharing: a mixed-methods systematic review protocol [version 1; peer review: 3 approved, 1 approved with reservations] by Gillian Paul, Anne Matthews, Niamh Vickers

“…Informal human milk sharing is a means of donating human milk from another lactating individual who is not the child’s biological parent, in a casual manner, that is, without the involvement of health professionals or agencies. …”
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A comparison of the wellbeing of orphans and abandoned children ages 6-12 in institutional and community-based care settings in 5 less wealthy nations. by Kathryn Whetten, Jan Ostermann, Rachel A Whetten, Brian W Pence, Karen O'Donnell, Lynne C Messer, Nathan M Thielman, Positive Outcomes for Orphans (POFO) Research Team

“…METHODOLOGY:The Positive Outcomes for Orphans (POFO) study employed two-stage random sampling survey methodology in 6 sites across 5 countries to identify 1,357 institution-living and 1,480 community-living OAC ages 6-12, 658 of whom were double-orphans or abandoned by both biological parents. Survey analytic techniques were used to compare cognitive functioning, emotion, behavior, physical health, and growth. …”
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Examination of promotive and protective effects on early adolescent prosocial behavior through a bioecological lens by Elizabeth J. S. Bates, Lauren M. Berny, Jody M. Ganiban, Misaki N. Natsuaki, Jenae M. Neiderhiser, Daniel S. Shaw, Leslie D. Leve, Leslie D. Leve

“…Considering it through such a lens enhances the understanding of the roles of different bioecological factors in its development.MethodsUsing data from a longitudinal study of adopted children and children reared with their biological parents, this paper examined if positive aspects of a child’s bioecological system at age 7 predict prosocial behavior in early adolescence (age 11), and whether these bioecological factors could offset risk due to biological family psychopathology and/or maternal prenatal substance use. …”
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Nucleus Accumbens Response to Reward among Children with a Family History of Alcohol Use Problems: Convergent Findings from the ABCD Study^® and Michigan Longitudinal Stu... by Meghan E. Martz, Jillian E. Hardee, Lora M. Cope, Katherine L. McCurry, Mary Soules, Robert A. Zucker, Mary M. Heitzeg

“…The present study investigated brain function in the nucleus accumbens (NAcc) associated with the anticipation of reward in youth with two biological parents with alcohol use problems (FH+2), one biological parent with alcohol use problems (FH+1), and no biological parents with alcohol use problems (FH-). …”
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