Influences on Human Development A Longitudinal Perspective

This book is the product of the efforts of a number of people dating back to 1956, when Professor T. Kemp, then head of the University Institute for Human Genetics in Copenhagen, proposed a study on the importance of x-ray irradiation in pregnant women. Under the guidance of Professors Dyhre Trolle...

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Main Authors: Baker, R.L., Mednick, B.R. (Author), University of California (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 1984, 1984
Edition:1st ed. 1984
Series:Longitudinal Research in the Behavioral, Social and Medical Studies
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • I Pregnancy and the First Year
  • 1 Description of the Cohort, Variables, and General Procedures
  • 2 Influences on Perinatal Outcomes (Written in collaboration with Dennis Hocevar and Thomas Teasdale)
  • 3 Perinatal and Social Influences on One-Year Physical Outcomes (Written in collaboration with Dennis Hocevar and Thomas Teasdale)
  • II Follow-up of the Cohort into Adolescence and Young Adulthood
  • 4 The Follow-Up: Sample, Variables, and Procedures
  • 5 Divorce and Family Instability (Written in collaboration with Charlotte Reznick)
  • 6 Maternal Employment and Child Day Care (Written in collaboration with William Brock)
  • 7 Family Size and Birth Order (Written in collaboration with Dennis Hocevar)
  • 8 Correlates of Adolescent and Young Adult Criminal Behavior (Written in collaboration with Linn Carothers)
  • 9 Long-Term Consequences for Adolescents Identified as At-Risk at Birth
  • Epilogue: Implications for Intervention and Social Policy Development
  • References
  • Author Index