SOCIAL BACKGROUND AND LIFE EVENTS OF CHILDREN ADMITTED TO A PAEDIATRIC DEPARTMENT

1979 ◽  
Vol 68 (5) ◽  
pp. 531-539 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. AAGAARD
Keyword(s):  
Life Events ◽  
Social Background ◽  
Paediatric Department

Social Factors and Life Events as Predictors for Children's Health

1982 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 87-93 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jørgen Aagaard
Keyword(s):  
Life Events ◽  
Present State ◽  
Social Factors ◽  
Family Background ◽  
Social Background ◽  
State Of Health ◽  
Index Hospitalization ◽  
Paediatric Department ◽  
One Year

During a period of one year information concerning social background, life events and diseases of children (aged 1—14) admitted to a paediatric department had been obtained. One year after this index hospitalization, information concerning the children's present state of health was obtained. Forty (13%) had been readmitted to hospital during the follow-up year, and the parents of 72 children (23%) reported that their child's present state of health was poor. A multivariate predictor analysis was performed. The associations discovered suggest 1) that the selected social or psycho-social factors do not appear to be of considerable importance for prediction of readmission to hospital, 2) that “poor health” in the children has a very complex prediction pattern, partly due to disease variables, partly due to indices of unfavourable family background.

scholarly journals A class act? Social background and body modifications in Australia

2018 ◽  
Vol 54 (3) ◽  
pp. 412-428 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bruce Tranter ◽  
Ruby Grant
Keyword(s):  
Working Class ◽  
Survey Data ◽  
Life Events ◽  
Young Women ◽  
Social Factors ◽  
State Level ◽  
Social Background ◽  
Body Modification ◽  
Body Modifications

Are we witnessing the democratisation of body modification in Australia? The prevalence and social background of body modifications is examined using national and state-level survey data from Australia. We find body modifications to be more prevalent among younger, less educated, working-class, non-conservative Australians. Women are far more likely than men are to have body piercings, although in Queensland, young women are more likely than young men to be tattooed. Important life events such as pregnancy, separating from a long-term partner or experiencing violence are also associated with body modifications. While body modifications may be on the rise, social factors still influence the uptake of body modification practices in Australia, suggesting these are socially circumscribed taste-based practices, and should not yet be described as normative.

Family Life Events and Behavioral Problems in Preschool-Aged Children

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1982 ◽  
Vol 70 (5) ◽  
pp. 774-779 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. L. Beautrais ◽  
D. M. Fergusson ◽  
F. T. Shannon
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Life Events ◽  
Behavioral Problems ◽  
Family Life ◽  
Social Background ◽  
Child Rearing ◽  
Statistical Measures ◽  
Maternal Reports ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Preschool Aged Children

The relationship between family life events and rates of maternal reports of child behavior and child rearing problems was studied in a birth cohort of 1,265 New Zealand preschool-aged children. Mothers experiencing a large number of life events reported higher rates of child rearing problems. The correlation between family life events and child rearing problems persisted when a number of statistical measures of family and social background were taken into account. Possible explanations for the relationship between family life events and maternal reports of child rearing problems are discussed.

Social Background Variables, Referral Sources and Life Events of Male and Female Alcoholics

1975 ◽  
Vol 37 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1087-1092 ◽  
Author(s):  
Helmut Hoffmann ◽  
Avis A. Noem
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Social History ◽  
Life Events ◽  
Stressful Life Events ◽  
Social Background ◽  
Court System ◽  
Community Agencies ◽  
Drinking Problem ◽  
Law Enforcement Agency ◽  
Welfare Department

Rural state hospital alcoholics (650 males, 74 females) were investigated on a social history inventory. Alcoholics lost social stability as indicated by continuous employment (47.0%) and poor job performance (24.3%). Spouse (32.3%), family (24.3%), court system (38.5%), and law enforcement agency (29.8%) were primarily responsible for the subjects' referral to treatment. The involvement of other community agencies and health professionals in the referral of alcoholics was minimal. Financial (52.5%) and marital problems (39.9%) might be produced by alcoholism. Other events such as the death of a significant other (28.5%), anticipated or realized responsibility (30.8%), and changes associated with aging (18.7%) might precipitate alcoholism. More female than male alcoholics had spouses with a drinking problem (73.9% vs 15.4%), were transported to the hospital from their own or relative's home (71.6% vs 56.4%), were more frequently referred to treatment by a friend (13.5% vs 5.9%), physician (12.2% vs 4.3%), clergy (2.7% vs 0.6%) and county welfare department (14.9% vs 6.5%) and less frequently by law enforcement agency (13.5% vs 31.7%) and court (25.7% vs 40.0%). More female than male alcoholics reported stressful life events which preceded a period of drinking.

scholarly journals Social Origin and Parental and Offspring Union Dissolution: Cues from Sibling Correlations

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Linus Andersson
Keyword(s):  
Life Events ◽  
Administrative Data ◽  
Social Background ◽  
Total Effect ◽  
Relative Impact ◽  
Union Dissolution ◽  
Social Origin ◽  
Birth Cohorts ◽  
Factors Associated ◽  
Sibling Correlations

This paper estimates the size of the effect of parental union dissolution on offspring union dissolution, as a share of the sum of all social origin factors. A large literature has documented a positive correlation between divorce and separation among parents and their children. Parental union dissolution is one out of several aspects of social origin that is associated with union dissolution. It is difficult to contrast the relative impact of parental union dissolution to other aspects of social origin because many apects of social origin are unobservable. Swedish administrative data for the 1960 to 1965 birth cohorts that cover the individuals’ life events until 2018 is used to estimate sibling correlations in divorce and childbearing union dissolution, adjusting for parental union dissolution. The variance in union dissolution attributable to factors shared by siblings ranged from 6% to 13%. Parental union dissolution and factors associated with parental union dissolution explained between 15% and 28% of this variance. Sister correlations are greater than brother correlations, and sibling correlations of childbearing union dissolution are higher than sibling correlations of divorce. It is pertinent to estimate the total effect of all social background factors on offspring union dissolution. It is likewise of interest to specify the share of all social background effects that are constituted by factors caused by or correlated specifically with parental union dissolution. Sibling correlations can be a useful tool for quantifying these relationships.

The Social Origins and Provenance of the English Bishops during the Reign of Edward II

1959 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
pp. 51-79
Author(s):  
K. Edwards
Keyword(s):  
Middle Ages ◽  
Social Background ◽  
Early Career ◽  
The Political ◽  
Social Origins ◽  
Political Activities ◽  
Edward Ii ◽  
The Social ◽  
Complete Study ◽  
History Of

During the last twenty or twenty-five years medieval historians have been much interested in the composition of the English episcopate. A number of studies of it have been published on periods ranging from the eleventh to the fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries. A further paper might well seem superfluous. My reason for offering one is that most previous writers have concentrated on analysing the professional circles from which the bishops were drawn, and suggesting the influences which their early careers as royal clerks, university masters and students, secular or regular clergy, may have had on their later work as bishops. They have shown comparatively little interest in their social background and provenance, except for those bishops who belonged to magnate families. Some years ago, when working on the political activities of Edward II's bishops, it seemed to me that social origins, family connexions and provenance might in a number of cases have had at least as much influence on a bishop's attitude to politics as his early career. I there fore collected information about the origins and provenance of these bishops. I now think that a rather more careful and complete study of this subject might throw further light not only on the political history of the reign, but on other problems connected with the character and work of the English episcopate. There is a general impression that in England in the later middle ages the bishops' ties with their dioceses were becoming less close, and that they were normally spending less time in diocesan work than their predecessors in the thirteenth century.

Anxiety, depression and stressful life events among medical students: a prospective study in Antalya, Turkey

2001 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 12-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mehmet Aktekin ◽  
Taha Karaman ◽  
Yesim Yigiter Senol ◽  
Sukru Erdem ◽  
Hakan Erengin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Prospective Study ◽  
Life Events ◽  
Stressful Life Events ◽  
Stressful Life ◽  
A Prospective Study ◽  
Anxiety Depression

Stressful life events in pregnancy and head circumference at birth

2003 ◽  
Vol 45 (12) ◽  
Author(s):  
Carsten Obel ◽  
Morten Hedegaard ◽  
Tine Brink Henriksen ◽  
Niels Jørgen Secher ◽  
Jørn Olsen
Keyword(s):  
Life Events ◽  
Head Circumference ◽  
Stressful Life Events ◽  
Stressful Life ◽  
In Pregnancy

Understanding Why Older People Develop a Wish to Die

Crisis ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 32 (4) ◽  
pp. 204-216 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. L. Rurup ◽  
H. R. W. Pasman ◽  
J. Goedhart ◽  
D. J. H. Deeg ◽  
A. J. F. M. Kerkhof ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Older People ◽  
Cohort Studies ◽  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Life Events ◽  
Traumatic Life Events ◽  
Quantitative Studies ◽  
Wish To Die ◽  
Open Coding ◽  
Death Wishes ◽  
Depth Interviews

Background: Quantitative studies in several European countries showed that 10–20% of older people have or have had a wish to die. Aims: To improve our understanding of why some older people develop a wish to die. Methods: In-depth interviews with people with a wish to die (n = 31) were carried out. Through open coding and inductive analysis, we developed a conceptual framework to describe the development of death wishes. Respondents were selected from two cohort studies. Results: The wish to die had either been triggered suddenly after traumatic life events or had developed gradually after a life full of adversity, as a consequence of aging or illness, or after recurring depression. The respondents were in a situation they considered unacceptable, yet they felt they had no control to change their situation and thus progressively “gave up” trying. Recurring themes included being widowed, feeling lonely, being a victim, being dependent, and wanting to be useful. Developing thoughts about death as a positive thing or a release from problems seemed to them like a way to reclaim control. Conclusions: People who wish to die originally develop thoughts about death as a positive solution to life events or to an adverse situation, and eventually reach a balance of the wish to live and to die.

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