We are constantly bombarded with images of thin people on billboards, on magazines and what not. The study looks at the ideals that children have. And how young girls are showing a preference for thin girls by allocating more "positive" adjectives to them.
Date Posted: March 7, 2015
Categories: Child and/or Adolescent Issues, Child Development
GOTeachers unconsciously put girls off math and science by marking down their work in comparison to boys, a new study finds.
Mar 6
Categories: Child Development, Teenage Issues
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Young women with ADHD who have been exposed to abuse, neglect or other traumas in childhood and adolescence are at greater risk for self-injury, eating disorders and suicide than those with ADHD who were not mistreated in early youth, according to ...
Mar 4
Categories: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Child Development, ...
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SINGAPORE - About 57 per cent of children from lower Primary lack enough sleep, according to a survey conducted by students from Nanyang Technological University.
Feb 5
Categories: Child Development, Mental Health in Asia
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Our society worships talent, and many people assume that possessing superior intelligence or ability - along with confidence in that ability - is a recipe for success. In fact, however, more than 35 years of scientific investigation suggests that an ...
Jan 29
Categories: Child Development, Parenting
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The effects of a stressful early childhood on critical biological processes.
Jan 26
Categories: Child and/or Adolescent Issues, Child Development
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Sleep difficulties and insufficient sleep are common among American youth. Prior research has shown that poor sleep can predict alcohol-related problems and illicit drug use among adolescents and young adults in high-risk samples. A new study has ...
Jan 21
Categories: Addictions, Child Development, Sleep Disorders
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Self-control, curiosity, "grit" - these qualities may seem more personal than academic, but at some schools, they’re now part of the regular curriculum. Some researchers say personality could be even more important than intelligence when it comes ...
Jan 21
Categories: Child Development, Personality problems
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Teens with controlling parents have trouble handling disagreements when they get older
Jan 8
Categories: Child Development
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Now, a new study from the University of Missouri and the University of Illinois at Chicago found that parents who use material goods as part of their parenting techniques may be setting children up for difficulties later in adulthood.
Dec 26
Categories: Child Development
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Many parents are apprehensive about the messages fairytales convey. However, some say that such narratives illustrate important lessons. According to an article by Elizabeth Danish, fairy tales provide us with what Joseph Campbell called “the ...
Dec 23
Categories: Child Development
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A newly published study provides evidence indicating another on-screen behavior that could be added to this list: reckless driving. The study shows that children exposed to reckless driving in movies may end up emulating that behavior once they’re ...
Dec 22
Categories: Child Development
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Teacher training doesn't usually include a module on how to arrange the seating of pupils. Perhaps it should - a new study by psychologists finds that where children are placed in the classroom is associated with how well-liked they are by their ...
Dec 20
Categories: Child Development
GOWhy is it that we find babies so cute, is this an inherently human trait?
Dec 2
Categories: Child Development, Parenting
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When it comes to helping with homework, education and psychology research suggests that it all depends on how parents become involved. What is essential is that parents focus on supporting students' motivation. Parent help can backfire when it ...
Nov 20
Categories: Child Development
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Contrary to the popular stereotype of a distracted teenager lost in Halo or Call of Duty video games, new evidence suggests playing such high-action video games may help students learn and react faster-but not more impulsively.
Nov 20
Categories: Child Development
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