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THE INCIDENCE OF SOME SUPPOSEDLY ADVERSE FAMILY CONDITIONS AND OF LEFT‐HANDEDNESS IN SCHOOLS FOR MALADJUSTED CHILDREN
Author(s) -
PRINGLE M. L. KELLMER
Publication year - 1961
Publication title -
british journal of educational psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.557
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 2044-8279
pISSN - 0007-0998
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8279.1961.tb02930.x
Subject(s) - incidence (geometry) , psychology , population , demography , developmental psychology , sociology , physics , optics
S ummary . The incidence of four adverse conditions often claimed to be associated with ‘broken homes,’ was studied among children who had been ascertained as maladjusted and were attending special residential schools. The four circumstances, namely divorced parents, the presence of a stepparent, the death of one parent and illegitimacy, affected some 60 per cent. of the sample. Two further conditions were investigated. Firstly, the incidence of adoption which was found to be much higher among the maladjusted than the ordinary population. Secondly, there were twice as many left‐handers among the maladjusted children as one would have expected from the incidence of left‐handedness in the child population.