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Child Sexual Assault or Curious Play? Adults Negotiating Appropriate Behaviour in Terms of Age, Gender and Sexuality When Responding to an Incident in Swedish Early Childhood Education
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Linda Palla; Jessica Eng – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2024
Using an intersectional analysis, this article critically analyses implied and expressed norms to identify perceptions of appropriate behaviour in children's play, and to explore how social communicative arenas such as Internet forums construct knowledge and values. Adults' responses to an incident that occurred amongst a group of children in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education, Adults, Sexual Abuse
Can Early Intervention Have an Impact on Future Life? A Study of Life Events, Social Interaction, and Child Behavior among Mothers at Psychosocial Risk and Their Children Eight Years after Interaction Treatment
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Wadsby, Marie – Journal of Family Social Work, 2012
Forty-six mothers at psychosocial risk who had undergone interaction treatment when their children were babies were studied with respect to experienced negative life events, social network, and behavior problems in children. One reference group comprising 45 nontreated mothers at psychosocial risk and one comprising 56 mothers without psychosocial…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Early Intervention, Mothers, Child Behavior
Genetic and Environmental Influences on Inattention, Hyperactivity-Impulsivity, and Reading: Kindergarten to Grade 2
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Ebejer, Jane L.; Coventry, William L.; Byrne, Brian; Willcutt, Erik G.; Olson, Richard K.; Corley, Robin; Samuelsson, Stefan – Scientific Studies of Reading, 2010
Twin children from Australia, Scandinavia, and the United States were assessed for inattention, hyperactivity-impulsivity, and reading across the first 3 school years. Univariate behavior-genetic analyses indicated substantial heritability for all three variables in all years. Longitudinal analyses showed one genetic source operating across the…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Foreign Countries, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Genetic Disorders
Fetal Origins of Child Non-Right-Handedness and Mental Health
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Rodriguez, Alina; Waldenstrom, Ulla – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2008
Background: Environmental risk during fetal development for non-right-handedness, an index of brain asymmetry, and its relevance for child mental health is not fully understood. Methods: A Swedish population-based prospective pregnancy-offspring cohort was followed-up when children were five years old (N = 1714). Prenatal environmental risk…
Descriptors: Handedness, Prenatal Influences, Foreign Countries, Young Children
Perceptual, Motor and Attentional Deficits in Swedish Primary School Children. Some Child Psychiatric Aspects.
Gillberg, C. – Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines, 1983
Reports results of a neuropsychiatric study focusing on psychiatric disorders in minimal brain disorder (MBD) syndromes. Prevalence figures for marked psychiatric abnormality in MBD were shown to be greater than those for psychiatric abnormality in children with neuroepileptic disorders in the Isle of Wight study. Psychotic behavior was found to…
Descriptors: Attention, Attention Deficit Disorders, Behavior Problems, Emotional Disturbances
The Influence of Environmental Factors on Behavioural Problems in 8-Year-Old Children Exposed to Amphetamine during Fetal Life.
Billing, Lars; And Others – Child Abuse and Neglect: The International Journal, 1994
Sixty-five children born to Swedish women who used amphetamines during pregnancy were followed to the age of eight years. Statistical correlations were seen between the extent of amphetamine exposure and psychometric tests, aggressive behavior, adjustment, and general assessment. Alcohol use during pregnancy and attitude toward pregnancy also…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Aggression, Behavior Problems, Congenital Impairments
Development and Survival: A Study of Children at Risk Living in Adverse Psychosocial Milieu.
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Wahlsten, Viveka Sundelin – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 1994
This 4-year longitudinal study followed 12 infants or young children (6 boys and 6 girls) in 7 high-risk Swedish families (including drug abuse, chaotic family structure, antisocial behavior, and child care problems). Three girls developed mainly constructive (moderating) strategies; the other children demonstrated more or less destructive,…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), At Risk Persons, Behavior Problems, Coping