Child Development: Early Events and Later Development and Learning

Synopsis: In a national sample of children born in 1946 and followed from birth to maturity comparisons have been made of the adolescent behaviour and reading ability of children admitted to hospital in the first five years of life and of children with no early admissions. Those with two or more admissions or who were admitted for more than a week in the first five years were more likely than those with no admissions to be rated troublesome at 13-15 years, to have been to court and to be poor readers; their brief pattern of employment was unstable also. The differences persist at a highly significant level after adjusting for family size, father’s occupation, persisting physical disability, later hospital admissions and a number of other factors associated with early hospitalisation.
Series: Scientific Basis of Medicine, Series
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Video; Videocassette. U-matic, VHS. b&w. 25 min.
Year of production: 1973
Availability: Sale
Notes: archival interest
Uses: Postgraduate audiences in medical & biological sciences.
Subjects: Psychology
Keywords: adolescents; behavioural psychology; child development; children in hospital

Director

David Sharp

Producer

David Sharp

Writer

J W B Douglas

Cast

J W B Douglas

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