Ecology, childhood experiences, and adult attachment styles of women in the kibbutz

The present study exploited a “natural experiment” which covered variations in child-rearing conditions within the communal setting of the Israeli kibbutz. The long-term effects of these variations and of childhood experiences on attachment styles of adults were examined. Three groups of mothers who were raised in the kibbutz participated: (1) a Communal group, mothers raised communally and now raising their child communally; (2) a Familial group, mothers raised in the family and now raising their child in the family, and (3) a Non-continuous group, mothers raised communally and now raising their child in the family. In keeping with studies with infants, we expected the familial group to show the most security, the communal group to show the least security, and the non-continuous to be in between. Participants were 152 women with school-age children. They reported on their attachment styles and availability of significant others during childhood. Additionally, they evaluated the child-rearing context of themselves and of their children. The three groups did not differ in their attachment security or in the reported availability of significant others in childhood. They differed in their evaluations of their own and their children’s child-rearing contexts. Specifically, they had negative evaluations regarding the communal sleeping arrangement. Security of attachment was related to reported availability of significant others in childhood. These results are discussed in view of the differentiation between contextual-distal variables and process-proximal variables.

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The Relationship Between Adverse Childhood Experiences and Recidivism in a Sample of Juvenile Offenders in Community-Based Treatment

International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology ◽

10.1177/0306624x15613992 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 61 (11) ◽

pp. 1210-1242 ◽

Cited By ~ 55

Author(s):

Kevin T. Wolff ◽

Michael T. Baglivio ◽

Alex R. Piquero

Keyword(s):

Juvenile Offenders ◽

Adverse Childhood Experiences ◽

Life Outcomes ◽

Long Term Effects ◽

Community Based ◽

Childhood Experiences ◽

Adverse Childhood ◽

Juvenile Justice Policy ◽

The Relationship

Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) have been identified as a key risk factor for a range of negative life outcomes, including delinquency. Much less is known about how exposure to negative experiences relates to continued offending among juvenile offenders. In this study, we examine the effect of ACEs on recidivism in a large sample of previously referred youth from the State of Florida who were followed for 1 year after participation in community-based treatment. Results from a series of Cox hazard models suggest that ACEs increase the risk of subsequent arrest, with a higher prevalence of ACEs leading to a shorter time to recidivism. The relationship between ACEs and recidivism held quite well in demographic-specific analyses. Implications for empirical research on the long-term effects of traumatic childhood events and juvenile justice policy are discussed.

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Long COVID—The New “Invisible” Illness: How School Nurses Can Support the Nursing and Educational Teams for Student Success

NASN School Nurse ◽

10.1177/1942602x211059427 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1942602X2110594

Author(s):

Megan Roesler ◽

Patricia Fato ◽

Barbara Obst

Keyword(s):

School Nurses ◽

School Age Children ◽

Return To School ◽

School Age ◽

Long Term Effects ◽

Persistent Symptoms ◽

School Based ◽

School Based Interventions ◽

The Waves

School-age children are not immune to COVID-19 or the pronounced and persistent symptoms associated with a long-COVID diagnosis. Students may present with a variety of symptoms affecting their physical, cognitive, and mental health. The school community should be educated on the school-based interventions and recommendations for creating an individualized safe and successful return to school plan. As we await approval for vaccinations in school-age children younger than 12 years and continue to reposition ourselves to the waves of this pandemic and new variants of the virus, understanding the medical and educational long-term effects on our students may be a long-term need.

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Gilles de la Tourette the Poet?

Georges Gilles de la Tourette ◽

10.1093/med/9780190636036.003.0018 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 413-418

Author(s):

Olivier Walusinski

Keyword(s):

Mental State ◽

Long Term Effects ◽

The Family ◽

Insight Into

This chapter focuses on Georges Gilles de la Tourette’s poetical pursuits. A man of many talents, these poems provide insight into yet another facet of Gilles de la Tourette’s personality. As well, they may provide some clue to his mental state as he suffered from the long-term effects of syphilis. It is difficult to know whether these poems should be taken as initial signs of Gilles de la Tourette’s disease or whether they are a simple manifestation of his imagination and the pleasure he took in writing. His poetry can be found at the family archive in Loundun.

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Early Post-Partum Contact and Later Attitudes

International Journal of Behavioral Development ◽

10.1177/016502548000300304 ◽

1980 ◽

Vol 3 (3) ◽

pp. 273-286 ◽

Cited By ~ 13

Author(s):

Peter de Chateau

Keyword(s):

Post Partum ◽

Postnatal Period ◽

Child Rearing ◽

Control Group ◽

Maternal Behaviour ◽

Relative Importance ◽

Long Term Effects ◽

Infant Behaviour

In a randomized, prospective study the long-term effects of early post-partum skin-toskin and suckling contact was studied. In follow-up studies 36 hours, 3 and 12 months after delivery maternal behaviour, infant behaviour, the duration of breast feeding and certain attitudes towards child rearing procedures were shown to develop differently in a group of mothers and infants with early post-natal contacts as compared to a control group. Three years after delivery parents with early contact appreciated their children's language development to be faster; the number of siblings born in these families was greater than in controls. In the discussion, the relative importance of the immediate postnatal period is emphasized, a more family oriented development seems to occur in the presence of early post-delivery interaction.

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Training Working Memory of Children with and without Dyslexia

Children ◽

10.3390/children6030047 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 6 (3) ◽

pp. 47 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Claudia Maehler ◽

Christina Joerns ◽

Kirsten Schuchardt

Keyword(s):

Working Memory ◽

Memory Performance ◽

Operational Efficiency ◽

Third Graders ◽

Central Executive ◽

Phonological Loop ◽

School Age Children ◽

Control Group ◽

Long Term Effects

For the future school performance of a child in the fields of literacy and numeracy, the operational efficiency of working memory is a central predictor. Children affected by dyslexia exhibit specific deficits in the functions of working memory. A software application for elementary school-age children has been specifically developed for this study, attempting to improve the working memory’s operational efficiency. Based on Baddeley’s model of working memory (1986), the phonological loop, the visuo-spatial sketchpad, and the central executive were trained in 18 sessions over a period of six weeks. The group of test subjects undergoing this training was composed of third-graders, of which 43 were and 27 were not affected by dyslexia. The untrained control group was made up of 41 third-graders with dyslexia and 28 without dyslexia. While the short-term effects of the program could not be proven, the present analyses focus on long-term effects. The results obtained from a pre-test/follow-up design reveal that no long-term increases in performance regarding phonological and central executive working memory could be confirmed. Only the visuo-spatial Corsi block span exhibited a training effect over a period of three months. Additionally, training did not show any long-term effect of performance improvement, not even for a subgroup of children with dyslexia and an especially low working memory performance. Thus, even after this study, the question whether working memory can be trained or not remains partly unanswered but leaves us predominantly pessimistic.

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