The Brown University Child and Adolescent Behavior Letter articles from June 2001

The Brown University Child and Adolescent Behavior Letter archives from June 2001

Bullying common, linked to poor psychosocial adjustment.
June 1, 2001... A team of researchers recently concluded the first nationwide study to address the prevalence of bullying in the U.S. Led by researcher Tonja R. Nansel, Ph.D., of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, the research team...

Best practices in transition programs.(for high school students with disabilities)
June 1, 2001... Although the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) has provided a national mandate to help high school students with disabilities grow into independent adults, youth with emotional and behavioral difficulties continue to experience...

... the FDA's interim rule.(clinical safeguards for children participating in clinical trials)
June 1, 2001... The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued an interim rule last month providing additional safeguards for children participating in clinical studies of FDA-regulated products. The rule, which has been issued in response to "expected...

... dietary supplements.(DHA improves psychomotor function in breastfed babies)
June 1, 2001... Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), a fatty acid naturally present in breast milk, significantly improves psychomotor functioning in breastfed babies whose mothers received a vegetarian source of DHA supplement, according to the results of a study...

... children's fantasies.(overview)
June 1, 2001... Children today are slightly more altruistic than previous generations, according to a new Roper Youth Report poll. According to the poll of 1,200 youth, 56 percent of children and adolescents ages eight to 17 fantasize about being rich....

Disparity in self-reports of sexual behavior.
June 1, 2001... A randomized, controlled study of 105 sexually active adolescent females, ages 15 to 19, was conducted to assess two techniques for measuring risky sexual behavior. Participants were randomized to either a written diary or automated telephone...

Predictors of physical aggression evaluated.(in boys)
June 1, 2001... A study of 1,037 Canadian boys, ages 6 to 15, was conducted to examine parental and early childhood predictors of physical aggression. Researchers Daniel S. Nagin, Ph.D., and Richard E. Tremblay, Ph.D., used four trajectories of physical...

Public preschool programs benefit poor children.(school-intervention)
June 1, 2001... Poor children benefit from established public preschool and school-based intervention programs, according to a 15-year follow-up study of 1,539 children enrolled in 25 Chicago-based early childhood programs. Researcher Arthur J. Reynolds,...

Is day care worse than cocaine?(infants in day care were more likely to be aggressive and violent in kindergarten that those who were not in day care)
June 1, 2001... Two recent events appear unrelated but are connected misuses of science that can lead to disastrous policy implications. The first was a press conference reporting the results of a National Institutes of Health study showing that infants who...

Dealing with an angry child.
June 1, 2001... Anger, by its definition, is a strong feeling of displeasure resulting from a real or supposed wrong. We often tell children "It'Ss okay to be angry, but you can't... " But then what? Children (and adults!) need appropriate ways to...