The Brown University Child and Adolescent Behavior Letter articles from June 1993

The Brown University Child and Adolescent Behavior Letter archives from June 1993

How men feel about fatherhood may depend on their age.
June 1, 1993... A researcher from Florida International University has found that men between the ages of 25 and 39 years old get more pleasure out of fatherhood than both younger and older fathers. It wasn't big news to researcher Gordon E. Finley,...

High school 'reaches out' to students returning from hospital. (Reaching Out, a high school reintegration program for psychiatrically hospitalized students)(includes related article)
June 1, 1993... Adolescents' discharge following psychiatric hospitalization has been made less stressful by "Reaching Out," a high school reintegration program that cuts down on stigma and rehospitalization. Relapse prevention initiatives such as the...

Adolescents fear confidentiality of health care could be broken.
June 1, 1993... Most adolescents taking a survey on confidentiality said they had health issues they want to keep private, and one in four said they would not seek health care if their parents might find out. Out of a total of 1,295 high school students,...

Study finds many children don't know proper terms for genitals.
June 1, 1993... Knowing the proper words for their genitals appeared to improve children's attitudes about their sexuality, according to a study. Although most of the 73 preschoolera in the study knew the correct terms for eyes, arms and legs, few could...

Study links mothers' anxiety with perceptions of babies' disposition.
June 1, 1993... Recent research found that women who had been anxious as mothers-to-be perceived their infant sons as having more difficult temperaments than did mothers of infant girls. Researchers could almost always predict how a mother would perceive her...

Research on child care.
June 1, 1993... Peter Brandon, a scientist from the Institute for Research on Poverty, has studied a variety of child-care issues, including: * After-school care: School-aged children of working parents are not necessarily latchkey children, left home...

Racism in the schools.
June 1, 1993... Between 1980 and 1990, the white population in the United States grew less than 6 percent, the black population 13.2 percent, the Hispanic population 53 percent and the Asian population 108 percent. It is projected that within the next 50...

Library books that help children understand divorce. (supplement)
June 1, 1993... Divorce has become a fact of life for many children -- a time of emotional upheaval and new beginnings. Guilt, anger, fear and mixed loyalties are among the many feelings children may experience during this turbulent time. Your children may...