"Parenting" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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Performing the role of a parent by care-giving, nurturance, and protection of the child by a natural or substitute parent. The parent supports the child by exercising authority and through consistent, empathic, appropriate behavior in response to the child's needs. PARENTING differs from CHILD REARING in that in child rearing the emphasis is on the act of training or bringing up the children and the interaction between the parent and child, while parenting emphasizes the responsibility and qualities of exemplary behavior of the parent.
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D016487
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| MeSH Number(s) |
F01.829.263.370.310
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1997 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2000 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2008 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2009 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 2010 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2011 | 12 | 1 | 13 |
| 2012 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 2013 | 15 | 0 | 15 |
| 2014 | 9 | 1 | 10 |
| 2015 | 11 | 4 | 15 |
| 2016 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 2017 | 12 | 3 | 15 |
| 2018 | 17 | 0 | 17 |
| 2019 | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| 2020 | 7 | 5 | 12 |
| 2021 | 12 | 8 | 20 |
| 2022 | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| 2023 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 2024 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2025 | 7 | 1 | 8 |
| 2026 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Parenting" by people in Profiles.
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Factor structure of food and physical activity parenting practices among US fathers by ethnicity and survey language: a cross sectional study. BMC Public Health. 2025 Oct 28; 25(1):3625.
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Experiences of emotional support among parents of children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes: a qualitative study. J Pediatr Psychol. 2025 Sep 01; 50(9):887-896.
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Exploring profiles of fathers integrating food and physical activity parenting practices. Public Health Nutr. 2025 03 17; 28(1):e58.
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A Qualitative Study on Parenting Practices to Sustain Adolescent Health Behaviors in American Indian Families. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2023 11 03; 20(21).
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Patterns of Physical Activity Parenting Practices and Their Association With Children's Physical Activity Behaviors. Child Obes. 2024 May; 20(4):227-235.
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Association between Fathers' and Mothers' Parenting Styles and the Risk of Overweight/Obesity among Adolescents in San Jos? Province, Costa Rica. Nutrients. 2022 Dec 15; 14(24).
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Resilience, and positive parenting in parents of children with syndromic autism and intellectual disability. Evidence from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on family's quality of life and parent-child relationships. Autism Res. 2022 12; 15(12):2381-2398.
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Review and meta-analysis for the caregiver's feeding styles questionnaire administered to low-income families. Eat Behav. 2022 08; 46:101659.
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Maternal Feeding Styles and Child Appetitive Traits: Direction of Effects in Hispanic Families With Low Incomes. Front Public Health. 2022; 10:871923.
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Parent-perceived neighbourhood environment, parenting practices and preschool-aged children physical activity and screen time: a cross-sectional study of two culturally and geographically diverse cities. BMC Pediatr. 2022 05 27; 22(1):309.