Nonconventional Family Life-Styles and School Achievement: A 12-Year Longitudinal Study

1992 ◽  
Vol 29 (3) ◽  
pp. 605-632 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas S. Weisner ◽  
Helen Gamier
Keyword(s):  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
Family Life ◽  
School Achievement ◽  
Life Styles

Visually Impaired Teenagers: Ambitions, Attitudes, and Interests

1988 ◽  
Vol 82 (10) ◽  
pp. 414-416
Author(s):  
M.J. Tobin ◽  
E.W. Hill
Keyword(s):  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
Young People ◽  
Family Life ◽  
Visually Impaired ◽  
School Achievement ◽  
Marriage And Family ◽  
Visually Impaired People ◽  
Impaired People ◽  
Medical Advances ◽  
Partially Sighted

A group of blind and partially sighted teenagers were interviewed, at the end of 12-year longitudinal study of cognitive development and school achievement, about their current interests and their aspirations for the future. The study began when the participants were five years of age. The topics discussed included their opinions about schooling, what they did in their free time, their career ambitions, expectations about marriage and family life, medical advances that might affect them, the attitudes of society at large toward visually impaired people, and their thoughts about the kind of world they will inhabit as adults. The present paper focuses upon vocational aims, marriage, and recreational activities. The authors infer that, with a few exceptions, the views of these young people do not mark them out as obviously different from their fully sighted peers.

School Achievement and Adult Qualifications among Adoptees: A Longitudinal Study

1998 ◽  
Vol 39 (5) ◽  
pp. 669-685 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barbara Maughan ◽  
Stephan Collishaw ◽  
Andrew Pickles
Keyword(s):  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
School Achievement

scholarly journals Medical students’ perceptions of a career in general practice

2019 ◽  
Vol 69 (suppl 1) ◽  
pp. bjgp19X702773
Author(s):  
Kimberley Banner ◽  
Hugh Alberti ◽  
Jane Stewart
Keyword(s):  
General Practice ◽  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
Medical Students ◽  
Family Life ◽  
Personal Narratives ◽  
Career Intentions ◽  
Form Part ◽  
Training Programmes ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Gp Training

BackgroundRecruitment into general practice is falling and many training programmes in the UK have unfilled training posts. In 2016 NHS England pledged to increase the number of graduates entering GP training to 50%. However in 2017 only 15.3% of foundation year 2 doctors commenced general practice.AimThis work aims to understand medical students’ perceptions of a career in general practice, and how this may affect their career intentions.MethodAs part of a larger, longitudinal study at four UK universities. First and fourth year students were invited to a focus group to discuss their perceptions of a career in general practice. The recordings were transcribed and content analysis was performed.ResultsThe perceptions discussed could be broadly grouped into three categories. ‘The GP’ highlighted students’ ideas of the GP as someone who was dedicated, could create rapport, and wanted a family life. The ‘Job of the GP’ indicated students were positive about the continuity of care the job offered, but felt the work was isolating and paperwork heavy. Finally, external factors such as denigration and the ‘GP land’ concept also had an impact on students’ perceptions.ConclusionFurther work is needed to understand how these perceptions develop, how this may impact students career intentions, and how this research could be used to improve GP recruitment. This data will form part of a wider longitudinal study, the results of which will be analysed for themes and personal narratives of the students.

Within-pair Similarity in MZ and DZ Twins from Birth to Eighteen Years of Age

1992 ◽  
Vol 41 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 155-164 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Alin Åkerman ◽  
S. Fischbein
Keyword(s):  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
Military Service ◽  
Low Birthweight ◽  
School Achievement ◽  
Verbal Ability ◽  
Height Growth ◽  
Normal Weight ◽  
Test Results ◽  
Ability Test ◽  
Over Time

AbstractThis study is based on 145 pairs of twins included in a longitudinal study of a cohort of singletons born in 1953 and living in the Stockholm metropolitan area in 1963. Of these 145 pairs, 28 were classified as MZ, 103 as DZ and 14 pairs could not be classified. School achievement and ability test results have been collected for this group as well as data for the boys from physical and mental examinations on enrollment to military service. The purpose of this study was to compare within-pair similarity for MZ and DZ twins from birth onwards. There seems to be a divergent trend over time for MZ twin pairs to become more similar and DZ twin pairs to become less similar in height growth, school achievement and verbal ability. This is in accordance with previous research in this field. In relating similarity within pairs to birthweight, we found a drop in within-pair similarity for low birthweight MZ and DZ twin pairs (both twins ≤2.500 g), but not for normal weight twin pairs. A discussion is initiated concerning methodological implications of these results.

Parents' Causal Attributions Concerning Children's School Achievement: A Longitudinal Study

2005 ◽  
Vol 51 (4) ◽  
pp. 494-522 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katja Rytkonen ◽  
Kaisa Aunola ◽  
Jari-Erik Nurmi
Keyword(s):  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
Causal Attributions ◽  
School Achievement

Nonconventional Family Life-Styles and Sex Typing in Six-Year-Olds

1990 ◽  
Vol 61 (6) ◽  
pp. 1915 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas S. Weisner ◽  
Jane E. Wilson-Mitchell
Keyword(s):  
Family Life ◽  
Sex Typing ◽  
Life Styles

The development of handedness and dichotic ear listening asymmetries in relation to school achievement: A longitudinal study

1983 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 248-262 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eileen B. Fennell ◽  
Paul Satz ◽  
Robin Morris
Keyword(s):  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
School Achievement
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