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Peer reviewedGillberg, Christopher; And Others – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 1984
Aims to obtain prevalence figures for left-handedness among 10-year-old Swedish children; to replicate some findings concerning Bishop's (1980) extended pathological left-handedness hypothesis; to evaluate the influence of factors such as the child's sex and reduced optimality in the pre-, peri-, and neonatal period; and to determine the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Disorders, Foreign Countries, Lateral Dominance
Peer reviewedStattin, Hakan; Magnusson, David – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1989
Findings from 1,027 subjects followed longitudinally from age 10 through age 26 revealed strong connection between aggressiveness ratings at early ages and adult delinquency for boys. Aggressiveness was not predictive of later crime for girls until they reached age 13. For both genders, relation between aggressiveness and crime was largely…
Descriptors: Aggression, Crime, Delinquency, Elementary Secondary Education
Bjorck-Akesson, Eva – 1982
This study of motivational differences in the school situation and the development of a sensation-seeking scale of preadolescent children rests upon an interactive psycho-biological theory formulated by Farley (1981). Stimulation-seeking and arousal in relation to instructional features are central concepts. As a point of departure for the…
Descriptors: Behavior Rating Scales, Factor Analysis, Foreign Countries, Junior High Schools
