parental anxiety

collocation in English

meaningsofparentalandanxiety

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parental
adjective
uk
/pəˈren.təl/
us
/pəˈren.t̬əl/
relating to parents or to being ...
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anxiety
noun
uk
/æŋˈzaɪ.ə.ti/
us
/æŋˈzaɪ.ə.t̬i/
an uncomfortable feeling of nervousness or worry about something that is happening or might happen in ...
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(Definition ofparentalandanxietyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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To encourage the development of parental confidence and skills in handling and feeding which reducesparentalanxiety, increases their sense of competency and controllability.
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However, after controlling forparentalanxietydisorders, this association disappeared.
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Follow-up studies are required which accurately identify infants needing further investigations, thus avoidingparentalanxietyand unnecessary invasive tests, whilst minimising economic costs.
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Firstly to provide an expert opinion in order to address the inevitableparentalanxiety, and outline an appropriate treatment plan.
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Impact ofparentalanxietyon child emotional adjustment when a parent has cancer.
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The relation betweenparentalanxietydisorder and infant disorganization has surprisingly not yet been further explored.
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Although such information can have adverse psychological effects, it can also decreaseparentalanxiety.
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Given the evidence aboutparentalanxiety, guilt, and avoidance, this resource would need to have a highly supportive framework, while being grounded in the best evidence.
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However, whenparentalanxietyexists, these issues may need to be addressed for the child to improve at the same rate as older children without an anxious parent.
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Is she aware that there is a lot of public uncertainty andparentalanxietyabout this matter?
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I can appreciate what a boon, in a sense, the removal ofparentalanxietycould be.
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There is often greatparentalanxietyto protect children from this dreadful disease.
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The trouble is that a decreasing number of children are being immunised because ofparentalanxietyabout the possible detrimental effects of immunisation in a few cases.
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In recent years, theparentalanxietycreated by the highly competitive admission process has been the subject of repeated press coverage.
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However, additional testing (high level ultrasound scans) can rule out many of these abnormalities prior to birth and alleviateparentalanxiety.
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