The aim of this study was to analyse the role of differences in alcohol consumption and other risk factors for alcoholism established in late adolescence, for later differences in the distribution of alcoholism between social classes among young men. Data on risk factors in childhood and adolescence, e.g. risk use of alcohol, was collected among 49,323 men, born 1949-1951, at conscription for c...

The extent to which variations in the interest-based learning opportunities afforded young children with autism were related to changes in the children’s social-affective behavior was the focus of an exploratory study. The participants were 17 children and their mothers. Mothers first identified their children’s interests and then selected everyday activities that provided opportunities for eng...

One conspicuous life-history feature of primates generally and humans specifically is the lengthy period after weaning when young continue to grow and develop. Humans take more or less twenty years to reach reproductive maturity and begin to produce children of their own, almost twice as long as other closely related primates of similar size (Fig. 2). For children, the transition to economic in...

Identifying social identities is an attempt to analyze repetitive patterns, group actions and attitudes, social identities, and sociology on the distinction between traditional and modern society. In traditional societies, the basis for the social identity of individuals is their attributes characteristics. But modern societies in this regard have mainly two different answers, each based on sep...

We were interested to read the editorial by Saxena et al.1 We agree that GPs are in an ideal position to support expectant mothers through their pregnancy and the postnatal period. An important aspect of any GP’s role is of course health promotion and recently efforts have been made by local health authorities to encourage expectant mothers to consider vitamin D supplementation. Symptomatic cas...

OBJECTIVE To investigate behavioral risks and life circumstances of adolescent mothers with older (> or =5 years) adult (> or =20 years old) vs. similar-aged (+/-2 years) male partners at 12 months' postpartum. METHODS Nine hundred thirty-one adolescent females were interviewed after delivery and were mailed surveys to complete at 12 months' postpartum. Analysis by chi(2) and t test was used ...

The role of working class mothers’ talk in explaining their child’s ‘impoverished’ language development and the resulting ‘word gap’ between social classes is hotly debated. Academic research this area spans decades, crosses continents, gathers up a wide range disciplines positions, ranging from seeking to intervene optimise talk, that vigorously criticises any attempt do so. Through an extende...

THE Maternity in Great Britain survey (Joint Committee of R.C.O.G., 1948) was one of the first large-scale investigations into both the efficacy of sound antenatal care and the quality of such care received by various social categories in the general population. It was found that, of the 13,500 mothers interviewed, only 125 (0-9%Y.) received no antenatal supervision at all. This group consisted...