Teaching Old Dogmatists New Tricks: Contributions from Child Development Literature to Freud�s Oedipal Theory

2015 ◽  
pp. 1-35
Author(s):  
Carol E. Griffith
Keyword(s):  
Child Development ◽  
Development Literature

scholarly journals A Novel Adaptation of the HOME Inventory for Elders: The Importance of the Home Environment Across the Life Course

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (16) ◽  
pp. 2826 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathryn Hale ◽  
Truls Østbye ◽  
Bilesha Perera ◽  
Robert Bradley ◽  
Joanna Maselko
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Function ◽  
Child Development ◽  
Home Environment ◽  
Psychological Health ◽  
Mixed Methods Research ◽  
Healthy Aging ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Aging Research ◽  
Development Literature ◽  
The Life Course

The context in which dependents, regardless of age, receive care affects their health. This study adapted the Home Observation for Measurement of the Environment (HOME) Inventory, originally designed for child development research, to assess the quality of stimulation and support available to elders in their habitual households in Sri Lanka. Whether the adapted domains correlated with indicators of health and well-being in ways consistent with the child development literature was then examined. Through mixed-methods research based on 248 household surveys, four focus groups, and 15 interviews, three domains emerged: Physical Environment, Variety of Stimulation, and Emotional and Verbal Responsiveness. Regression modeling revealed that a higher quality physical home environment correlated with two measures of cognitive function after adjusting for covariates, but no consistent association with two psychological well-being scales. In contrast, higher Variety of Stimulation scores correlated with better cognitive function and lower psychological distress. There was no consistent correlation between Responsiveness and selected health outcomes. Qualitative data indicate that elders are active household contributors who strive to achieve harmonious relations with coresident kin. These findings reveal notable synergies between early and late life efforts to improve cognitive and psychological health, and highlight household considerations for future healthy aging research.

Hair Dryer Electrocutions – Can they be Prevented?

1986 ◽  
Vol 30 (9) ◽  
pp. 908-910 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacqueline Elder
Keyword(s):  
Child Development ◽  
Protection Device ◽  
Shock Protection ◽  
Development Literature

Electrocution cases with hand-held hair dryers typically involve children under 10 years of age who either knock a plugged-in hair dryer into the bathtub or take it in with them. This paper looks at how effective a revised UL Standard would be in preventing these electrocutions. The revision requires that a plugged-in hair dryer with its switch in the “off” position will not leak dangerous levels of current. Investigations of hair dryer electrocutions and the child development literature are reviewed. The conclusion reached is that the new immersible switch will not prevent electrocution in a number of the cases. The recommendation is made to pursue the development of a shock protection device that could be made an integral part of the hair dryer.

The crying shame of robot nannies

2010 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 161-190 ◽  
Author(s):  
Noel Sharkey ◽  
Amanda Sharkey
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Child Development ◽  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Emotional Wellbeing ◽  
Ethical Guidelines ◽  
Attachment Disorders ◽  
Development Literature

Childcare robots are being manufactured and developed with the long term aim of creating surrogate carers. While total childcare is not yet being promoted, there are indications that it is ‘on the cards’. We examine recent research and developments in childcare robots and speculate on progress over the coming years by extrapolating from other ongoing robotics work. Our main aim is to raise ethical questions about the part or full-time replacement of primary carers. The questions are about human rights, privacy, robot use of restraint, deception of children and accountability. But the most pressing ethical issues throughout the paper concern the consequences for the psychological and emotional wellbeing of children. We set these in the context of the child development literature on the pathology and causes of attachment disorders. We then consider the adequacy of current legislation and international ethical guidelines on the protection of children from the overuse of robot care.

Developmental Screening—Expecting the Impossible?

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1989 ◽  
Vol 83 (4) ◽  
pp. 619-622 ◽  
Author(s):  
PAUL H. DWORKIN
Keyword(s):  
Child Development ◽  
Developmental Delay ◽  
Screening Test ◽  
Developmental Screening ◽  
Speech And Language ◽  
Replication Studies ◽  
Language Problems ◽  
Development Literature ◽  
Limited Sensitivity

In this issue of Pediatrics, Meisels addresses a topic that has received considerable attention within the child development literature—the validity of the Denver Developmental Screening Test (DDST). The author summarizes data from 13 studies to document the limited sensitivity of the test. However, several of the studies cited by Meisels are themselves weakened by methodologic problems. For example, in four of the so-called replication studies, applications were actually examined for which the DDST was not originally designed, such as identifying developmental delay among biologically vulnerable infants, screening for speech and language problems, and identifying children with moderate to severe delays.

The Concurrent Validity of the Minnesota Child Development Inventory as a Measure of Young Children's Language Development

1989 ◽  
Vol 54 (1) ◽  
pp. 101-105 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Bruce Tomblin ◽  
Cynthia M. Shonrock ◽  
James C. Hardy
Keyword(s):  
Child Development ◽  
Language Development ◽  
Expressive Language ◽  
Strong Predictor ◽  
Receptive Language ◽  
Strongly Correlated ◽  
Language Measure ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Child Development Inventory ◽  
Mean Length Of Utterance

The extent to which the Minnesota Child Development Inventory (MCDI), could be used to estimate levels of language development in 2-year-old children was examined. Fifty-seven children between 23 and 28 months were given the Sequenced Inventory of Communication Development (SICD), and at the same time a parent completed the MCDI. In addition the mean length of utterance (MLU) was obtained for each child from a spontaneous speech sample. The MCDI Expressive Language scale was found to be a strong predictor of both the SICD Expressive scale and MLU. The MCDI Comprehension-Conceptual scale, presumably a receptive language measure, was moderately correlated with the SICD Receptive scale; however, it was also strongly correlated with the expressive measures. These results demonstrated that the Expressive Language scale of the MCDI was a valid predictor of expressive language for 2-year-old children. The MCDI Comprehension-Conceptual scale appeared to assess both receptive and expressive language, thus complicating its interpretation.

Complex Trauma and Prenatal Alcohol Exposure: Clinical Implications

2012 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 32-42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yvette D. Hyter
Keyword(s):  
Central Nervous System ◽  
Nervous System ◽  
Child Development ◽  
Academic Outcomes ◽  
Complex Trauma ◽  
Prenatal Alcohol Exposure ◽  
Alcohol Exposure ◽  
Clinical Implications ◽  
Prenatal Alcohol ◽  
The Brain

Abstract Complex trauma resulting from chronic maltreatment and prenatal alcohol exposure can significantly affect child development and academic outcomes. Children with histories of maltreatment and those with prenatal alcohol exposure exhibit remarkably similar central nervous system impairments. In this article, I will review the effects of each on the brain and discuss clinical implications for these populations of children.

A review of career interventions from an educational perspective: Have investigations shed any light?

2000 ◽  
Vol 59 (4) ◽  
pp. 227-239 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lee-Ann Prideaux ◽  
Peter A. Creed ◽  
Juanita Muller ◽  
Wendy Patton
Keyword(s):  
Career Development ◽  
Intervention Studies ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Development Programs ◽  
Career Intervention ◽  
Career Interventions ◽  
International Trends ◽  
Specific Career ◽  
Education Interventions ◽  
Development Literature

Despite widespread acknowledgement of the importance of career development programs to assist students in their complex transition from school to work, very few specific career education interventions have been objectively evaluated. The aim of this paper is to highlight what the authors consider to be a conspicuous shortfall in the career development literature to date, that is, reports of methodologically sound career intervention studies carried out in actual high school settings. International trends in the world of work are briefly discussed in association with the repercussions these changes are producing for today's youth. The major portion of this article is devoted to a comprehensive review of career intervention studies with particular attention paid to the methodological and theoretical issues that resonate from this review process. Recommendations for future research are proposed.

Childbearing and child development: Demographic and psychosocial trends.

1979 ◽  
Vol 34 (10) ◽  
pp. 866-871 ◽  
Author(s):  
Henry P. David ◽  
Wendy H. Baldwin
Keyword(s):  
Child Development

Review of Child Development: A Study of Growth Processes.

1972 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 78-78
Author(s):  
HAROLD STEVENSON
Keyword(s):  
Child Development ◽  
Growth Processes
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