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Predictive Indicators for Adjustment in Four-Year-Old Children Whose Mothers Used Amphetamine during Pregnancy.
Billing, Lars; And Others – Child Abuse and Neglect: The International Journal, 1988
Psychosocial factors as possible predictive indicators for adjustment of four-year-old children whose mothers had used amphetamine during pregnancy were studied. Length of maternal alcohol and drug abuse was correlated negatively with the child's adjustment as were numbers of paternal criminal convictions and number of maternal stress factors.…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Alcoholism, Criminals, Drug Abuse
Antisocial Behaviour and Parent-Child Relationships: A Statement of the Problem.
McCord, Joan – 1987
This longitudinal, prospective study used case material from 232 families in its analysis of effects of family environments on criminal behavior. Men who had participated in a crime prevention program were studied 40 years after their families had first been visited by counselors. The men's convictions for serious crimes provided a measure of the…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Aggression, Alcoholism, Antisocial Behavior
Proceedings of the Subcommittee on Childhood Experiences as Causes of Criminal Behaviour, Senate of Canada, Third Session, Thirtieth Parliament, 1977-78. Issue No. 19.
Senate Committee of Canada (Ontario). Standing Senate Committee on Health, Welfare and Science. – 1978
Experiences in prenatal life and early childhood that may cause personality disorders or criminal behavior in later life are examined in these Proceedings of the Subcommittee on Childhood Experiences as Causes of Criminal Behavior of the Standing Committee on Health, Welfare and Science. This issue, the last in a series of 19 hearings dating from…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Alcoholism, Antisocial Behavior, Attachment Behavior