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VARIATIONS IN BEHAVIOUR RATINGS OF CHILDREN WHO HAVE BEEN IN CARE*
Author(s) -
Lambert Lydia,
Essen Juliet,
Head Jenny
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
journal of child psychology and psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.652
H-Index - 211
eISSN - 1469-7610
pISSN - 0021-9630
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-7610.1977.tb00445.x
Subject(s) - psychology , cohort , el niño , child care , developmental psychology , clinical psychology , pediatrics , medicine
Summary Data from the National Child Development Study showed that the school behaviour of children in the cohort who had been in care by the age of 11 was poorer than that of children never in rare. Children received into care after the age of seven already had poor school behaviour ratings at seven. The behaviour of children in care deteriorated between the ages of seven and 11 relative to those never in care. Children in care were found to have higher scores of “outgoing” behaviour. Analyses of home behaviour ratings were inconclusive Implications for practice are indicated.