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Peer reviewedSegalowitz, Sidney J.; Brown, Deborah – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1991
This survey of 616 Canadian high-school adolescents suggests that light and mild head injury is almost 10 times as common as hospital-reported incidence. The study found significant relationships between reported head injury and hyperactivity, stuttering, mixed handedness, and dislike of mathematics. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: Anxiety, Correlation, Developmental Disabilities, Etiology
Peer reviewedSegalowitz, Sidney J.; Lawson, Sheila – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1995
A survey of 1,345 high school students and 2,321 university students found that 30-37% reported having experienced a head injury, with 12-15% reporting loss of consciousness. Significant relationships were found between mild head injury incidence and gender; sleep difficulties; social difficulties; handedness pattern; and diagnoses of attention…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Disorders, College Students, Depression (Psychology), Handedness
