PARENT IMAGE
a symbolization of the mother or father which exists in the mind of the person but not automatically as a…
PARENT MANAGEMENT TRAINING
a remediation method based upon the standards of operant conditioning. Parents use antecedents, behaviors, and punishments to alter youth and…
PARENT TEACHERS ASSOCIATION
(PTA) an establishment comprised of educators and the parents of pupils. Its intents are to help mothers and fathers with…
PARENTAL BEHAVIOR
the procedure involved in preparation for the birth of offspring and the behavior of one or both parents which assist…
PARENTAL IMPERATIVE
a hypothesis postulating that while at raising kids, both males and females take on distinct, stereotypic gender roles as a…
PARENTAL INVESTMENT
the quantity of energy a mother or father uses in caring for their young. Since ova are much bigger than…
PARENTAL INVESTMENT THEORY
the postulation that several carnal variants in sexually reproducing species can be comprehended with regard to the quantity of time,…
PARENTAL PERPLEXITY
a mother-youth or father-youth union characterized by an absence of parental spontaneity, severe indecisiveness, and an incapacity to recognize and…
PARENTAL REJECTION
continual denial of acceptance, affection, or care by one or both parents, at times, hidden beneath a cover of over-indulgence…
PARENTERAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION
any route of deliverance of a drug aside from that which goes through the digestive tract. These routes consist of…
PARENTING STRESS INDEX (PSD
a tool utilized to analyze stress in mother-youth or father-youth interaction and to point out possibly dysfunctioning mothering or fathering…
PARENTING TRAINING
any program which directs parents and other caregivers in methods for adequately coping with troubled behaviors in their kids. Commonly…
PARENT-OFFSPRING CONFLICT
a problem which arises whenever parents stop rendering care for present offspring and invest in having the next group of…
PARENTS ANONYMOUS
a peer-led, professionally produced group for parents who desire to acquire more effective techniques of parenting, hence strengthening families and…
PARENTS WITHOUT PARTNERS
an international establishment supplying shared social support, educational programs, and activities for single parents and their kids.
PARERGASIA
1. an indicator of schizophrenia wherein the person engages in an action which isn't aimed for. 2. a previous term…
PARESTHESIA
noun. an irregular skin feeling, like burning, tingling, itching, tickling, or pricking, in the absence of exterior arousal. Paresthesia might…