The adolescent outcomes of adoption: a 16-year longitudinal study

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Adoption was found to provide some advantages in a longitudinal study of a birth cohort of 1265 New Zealand children up to age 16. Some differences were found in adolescent externalizing disorders, with adopted children exhibiting more problems than those in two-parent families, but fewer than those in single-parent families. However, placement was only a weak predictor of adolescent adjustment. Adoption provides some opportunity for social mobility in enabling children from relatively disadvantaged backgrounds to move into more advantaged situations.

Children, Adopted, Adopted children, Adjustment (Psychology) in adolescence, Adolescent adjustment (Psychology)

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Early dentine lead levels and educational outcomes at 18 years

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The relationship between dentine lead levels and educational success was investigated. Dentine lead levels and educational outcomes were measured at ages 6-8 and 18, respectively. Children with early elevated lead levels were found to be of poorer reading abilities, had left school early, more often left school without qualifications, and had lower levels of success in school examinations. A cause and effect association between early dentine lead levels and later educational success and failure was observed.

Physiological aspects, Constructivism (Education), Constructivism (Learning theory), Lead in the body, Reading

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Attentional difficulties in middle childhood and psychosocial outcomes in young adulthood

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Researchers related measurements of attentional difficulties and conduct problems in a group of 8-year-old children in New Zealand to cognitive and psychosocial outcomes in the group at the age of 18. They found that attention difficulties in childhood predicted academic failure and antisocial behaviour in later life, but that children with attentional problems and no conduct problems did not have an increased risk of juvenile offending or substance abuse.

Behavior disorders in children, Childhood mental disorders, Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, Antisocial behavior

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