The Common Fears and Their Origins Among Turkish Children and Adolescents

The present study aimed to investigate the common fears and their origins among children and adolescents from different age, gender, and socioeconomic levels (SES). The sample was comprised of 642 females (48.8%) and 673 males (51.2%) with a total of 1,315 participants aged between 8 and 18 (M = 13.15; SD = 3.18). The Fear interview was utilised to examine the common fears and the role of conditioning, modelling and negative information in the development of children's fears. The result showed that the most common fear in Turkey was ‘God’, followed by ‘losing my friends’ and ‘going to Hell’. In addition, the findings revealed that Turkish students are more likely to learn fears by modelling rather than negative information transmission and conditioning. The results also indicated that negative information transmission had a more intensifying effect on the children and adolescents’ existing fear rather than modelling and conditioning. Furthermore, multinomial logistic regression was conducted to examine the effects of age, gender and SES on the origins of fear. Results showed that age and gender were significant predictors of origins of fear.

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Bias in food intake reporting in children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes: the role of body size, age and gender

Pediatric Diabetes ◽

10.1111/pedi.12376 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 18 (3) ◽

pp. 213-221 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Claudio Maffeis ◽

Yves Schutz ◽

Elena Fornari ◽

Marco Marigliano ◽

Francesca Tomasselli ◽

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Keyword(s):

Type 1 Diabetes ◽

Body Size ◽

Food Intake ◽

Children And Adolescents ◽

Age And Gender ◽

And Gender

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The IL-17A rs2275913 polymorphism is associated with colorectal cancer risk

Journal of International Medical Research ◽

10.1177/0300060520979117 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 48 (12) ◽

pp. 030006052097911

Author(s):

Shulong Zhang ◽

Xiaoting Wang

Keyword(s):

Colorectal Cancer ◽

Logistic Regression ◽

Fragment Length Polymorphism ◽

Pooled Analysis ◽

Healthy Controls ◽

Chain Reaction ◽

Age And Gender ◽

Polymerase Chain ◽

And Gender

Objective The association of the IL-17A rs2275913 polymorphism with the risk of colorectal cancer (CRC) has been previously reported. However, the results are inconsistent. In this study, we comprehensively assessed the effect of the rs2275913 polymorphism on CRC risk. Methods The rs2275913 polymorphism of 208 CRC patients and 312 age- and gender-matched healthy controls was genotyped by the polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism method, and then analyzed by logistic regression. In addition, a pooled analysis based on five single-center studies was performed using Stata 12.0 software. Results Logistic regression analysis indicated that the IL-17A rs2275913 polymorphism was associated with CRC risk (GA vs. GG: OR = 1.53, 95% CI = 1.02–2.28; AA vs. GG: OR = 1.89, 95% CI = 1.11–3.20; GA+AA vs. GG: OR = 1.62, 95% CI = 1.11–2.37; A vs. G: OR = 1.38, 95% CI = 1.07–1.77). Further pooled analysis also indicated a statistically significant association between the rs2275913 polymorphism and CRC risk in Asians and Northern Africans. Conclusion This study suggested that the IL-17A rs2275913 polymorphism may act as a biomarker for predicting CRC risk. However, further functional research should be performed to clarify the role of the rs2275913 polymorphism in the etiology of CRC.

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Association Analysis of COQ2 Variant in Dementia and Essential Tremor

Parkinson s Disease ◽

10.1155/2015/926280 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 2015 ◽

pp. 1-4

Author(s):

Yin Xia Chao ◽

Ebonne Yu Lin Ng ◽

Huihua Li ◽

Kandiah Nagaendran ◽

Yuen Yih ◽

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Keyword(s):

Logistic Regression ◽

Confidence Interval ◽

Multiple System Atrophy ◽

Essential Tremor ◽

Association Analysis ◽

Odds Ratio ◽

Healthy Controls ◽

Age And Gender ◽

And Gender

Objective. COQ2 mutations have been reported in Japanese multiple system atrophy (MSA) patients. We examined the role of COQ2 in patients with dementia and essential tremor (ET), two common neurodegenerative conditions.Materials & Methods. A total of 2064 subjects, including 560 patients with dementia, 466 patients with ET, and 1038 healthy controls, were included. Genotyping for the COQ2 V393A (T>C) was carried out. Odds ratio (OR) adjusted by age and gender, together with 95% confidence interval (CI), was reported by means of logistic regression.Results. The frequency of the polymorphic variant V393A heterozygous (T/C) was 2.7% in dementia, 1.1% in ET, and 2.5% in controls (OR = 0.70, 95% confidence interval is 0.29–1.72 for dementia, and OR = 0.47, 95% confidence interval is 0.17–1.31,p=0.1217for ET). There was no significant association between V393A variant with dementia and ET.Conclusion. There was no significant association between V393A variant with dementia and ET. COQ2 gene is unlikely to play a significant role in patients with dementia or ET in our population.

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Empirical Analysis of Clinical Evaluations on Children Involved in the Child Protection System: The Role of Age and Gender

PsycEXTRA Dataset ◽

10.1037/e413792005-217 ◽

2000 ◽

Author(s):

Erika Felix ◽

Anjali T. Naik-Polan ◽

Christine Sloss ◽

Lashaunda Poindexter ◽

Karen S. Budd

Keyword(s):

Empirical Analysis ◽

Child Protection ◽

Protection System ◽

Age And Gender ◽

Clinical Evaluations ◽

And Gender

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Children’s Lives and Deaths in Merovingian Gaul

The Oxford Handbook of the Merovingian World ◽

10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190234188.013.27 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 185-213

Author(s):

Émilie Perez

Keyword(s):

Social Identity ◽

Age Groups ◽

New Method ◽

Recent Analysis ◽

Age And Gender ◽

The Past ◽

And Gender ◽

Grave Goods

The role of children in Merovingian society has long been downplayed, and the study of their graves and bones has long been neglected. However, during the past fifteen years, archaeologists have shown growing interest in the place of children in Merovingian society. Nonetheless, this research has not been without challenges linked to the nature of the biological and material remains. Recent analysis of 315 children’s graves from four Merovingian cemeteries in northern Gaul (sixth to seventh centuries) allows us to understand the modalities of burial ritual for children. A new method for classifying children into social age groups shows that the type, quality, quantity, and diversity of grave goods were directly correlated with the age of the deceased. They increased from the age of eight and particularly around the time of puberty. This study discusses the role of age and gender in the construction and expression of social identity during childhood in the Merovingian period.

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The Age and Gender Effect on Four Forms of Peer Victimization among Chinese Children and Adolescents

Applied Research in Quality of Life ◽

10.1007/s11482-021-09924-8 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Annis Lai Chu Fung ◽

Guangdong Zhou ◽

Eileen Yuk Ha Tsang ◽

Andrew Yiu Tsang Low ◽

Bess Yin Hung Lam

Keyword(s):

Children And Adolescents ◽

Peer Victimization ◽

Gender Effect ◽

Chinese Children ◽

Age And Gender ◽

And Gender ◽

Chinese Children And Adolescents

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Do They Really Mean It? Children’s Inference of Speaker Intentions and the Role of Age and Gender

Language and Speech ◽

10.1177/0023830919878742 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 63 (4) ◽

pp. 689-712

Author(s):

K. Rothermich ◽

O. Caivano ◽

L.J. Knoll ◽

V. Talwar

Keyword(s):

Gender Differences ◽

Young Adults ◽

Video Clip ◽

Age And Gender ◽

Video Clips ◽

Age And Gender Differences ◽

Speaker Intentions ◽

And Gender

Interpreting other people’s intentions during communication represents a remarkable challenge for children. Although many studies have examined children’s understanding of, for example, sarcasm, less is known about their interpretation. Using realistic audiovisual scenes, we invited 124 children between 8 and 12 years old to watch video clips of young adults using different speaker intentions. After watching each video clip, children answered questions about the characters and their beliefs, and the perceived friendliness of the speaker. Children’s responses reveal age and gender differences in the ability to interpret speaker belief and social intentions, especially for scenarios conveying teasing and prosocial lies. We found that the ability to infer speaker belief of prosocial lies and to interpret social intentions increases with age. Our results suggest that children at the age of 8 years already show adult-like abilities to understand literal statements, whereas the ability to infer specific social intentions, such as teasing and prosocial lies, is still developing between the age of 8 and 12 years. Moreover, girls performed better in classifying prosocial lies and sarcasm as insincere than boys. The outcomes expand our understanding of how children observe speaker intentions and suggest further research into the development of teasing and prosocial lie interpretation.

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