Fundemental research in social work practice - Article Example

Edwards has enlisted a wide range of literatures consulted in this article. This is a positive aspect because the literature review highlights several factors that influence children behavior. In particular, various risk factors including the number of children and economic status of families have been mentioned. The participants selected in this study included 114 mothers from low income mothers, who were members of the Head Start program. The study did not incorporate families from mid and high income levels hence could not clearly elaborate the effects of income levels on children.

Measures used in the study included Perceived Role and Receptivity to Support Scale, the Parenting Stress Scale, the Early Childhood Behavior Problem Screening Scale and Self-Expressiveness Measure. These measures were critical in evaluating various factors that affect behavioral factors in children. Results of the study were summarized in four tables, with each table explaining specific statistical values. Statistical analysis of the results was a positive approach in the study because it was possible to get a generalized view of the outcomes.

In addition use of values facilitated easy understanding of the effects of the analyzed variables on children behavior. The study results revealed that parents with more than one kid recorded positive expressiveness when compared with parents with single child. It was suggested that this could have resulted from positive modeling given by teachers at the Head Start. However the study largely ignored parenting experience in establishing variables affecting expressiveness. Reisi-Dehkordi, N., Baratian, H.

, & Zargham-Boroujeni, A. (2014). Challenges of children with cancer and their mothers: A qualitative research. Iranian Journal of Nursing and Midwifery Research, 19(4), 334–339. In this article, Reisi-Dehkordi et al., represent a qualitative research using a thematic analysis approach on 34 children and 32