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Toddlers' Stress during Transition to Childcare
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Nystad, K.; Drugli, M. B.; Lydersen, S.; Lekhal, R.; Buøen, E. S. – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2021
In toddlers, the transition from home to childcare might elicit high levels of the stress hormone cortisol. Measuring cortisol may give an indicator for children's experience and hence, may help improve this transition. We applied linear mixed model analyses to investigate the cortisol levels of 119 toddlers during their transition to childcare…
Descriptors: Toddlers, Stress Variables, Separation Anxiety, Attachment Behavior
A Common Family Factor Underlying Language Difficulties and Internalizing Problems: Findings from a Population-Based Sibling Study
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Helland, Siri Saugestad; Røysamb, Espen; Brandlistuen, Ragnhild Eek; Melby-Lervåg, Monica; Gustavson, Kristin – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2020
Studies have identified concurrent, longitudinal, and bidirectional associations between language difficulties and internalizing problems. This is commonly explained by social exclusion or withdrawal from peers, but underlying mechanisms are not well understood. This study uses sibling data to investigate if the comorbidity between language…
Descriptors: Siblings, Comorbidity, Family Influence, Family Environment
Normative Development of Physical Aggression from 8 to 26 Months
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Naerde, Ane; Ogden, Terje; Janson, Harald; Zachrisson, Henrik Daae – Developmental Psychology, 2014
This study investigated the normative use and developmental course of physical aggression (PA), defined as use of physical force such as hitting, biting, and kicking, from 8 to 26 months and predictors thereof. We used data from the Behavior Outlook Norwegian Developmental Study, comprising 1,159 children (559 girls and 600 boys). Both mothers and…
Descriptors: Aggression, Developmental Stages, Developmental Psychology, Toddlers
The Flynn Effect in Sibships: Investigating the Role of Age Differences between Siblings
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Sundet, Jon Martin; Eriksen, Willy; Borren, Ingrid; Tambs, Kristian – Intelligence, 2010
The aim of the study was to investigate the relationship between the Flynn effect and the effects of age differences between siblings on the intelligence difference between them. In Norway, the secular trends in intelligence-test score means vary both in magnitude and direction. We identified three periods: one period where the mean intelligence…
Descriptors: Intelligence, Siblings, Intelligence Quotient, Birth Order
Intelligence Test Scores and Birth Order among Young Norwegian Men (Conscripts) Analyzed within and between Families
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Bjerkedal, Tor; Kristensen, Petter; Skjeret, Geir A.; Brevik, John I. – Intelligence, 2007
The present paper reports the results of a within and between family analysis of the relation between birth order and intelligence. The material comprises more than a quarter of a million test scores for intellectual performance of Norwegian male conscripts recorded during 1984-2004. Conscripts, mostly 18-19 years of age, were born to women for…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Males, Siblings, Marital Status
Siblings after Suicide--"The Forgotten Bereaved"
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Dyregrov, Kari; Dyregrov, Atle – Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 2005
There is scarce research on "the forgotten bereaved"--the children and adolescents who lose a sibling by suicide. In this paper we explore their psychosocial situation and needs for assistance through a Norwegian nationwide study. The results show that particularly younger bereaved siblings are suffering from posttraumatic and grief…
Descriptors: Siblings, Suicide, Children, Adolescents