By Agatha Bowley, Ph.D. L. & S. Livingstone Ltd. Price 5s. Dr. Bowley brings to her study of family life a wealth of detailed material, culled from extensive case work undertaken in her position as Senior Psychologist to the City of Leicester Education Committee. She discusses the problems which children present to their parents, teachers and the psychological worker and the book caters in part...

OBJECTIVE Early temperamental characteristics may influence children's developmental pathways and predict future psychopathology. However, the environmental context may also shape or interact with infant temperament and indirectly contribute to increased vulnerability to adverse developmental outcomes. The aim of the present study is to explore the long-term contribution of temperamental traits...

Despite the intuitive richness of family systems theory, relatively little research has sought to test the validity of constructs theorized to be critical in the development of children's adjustment. One such cornerstone of structural and strategic family therapy is the family hierarchy. The present study investigated both the development of hierarchical structure in families from infancy to la...

BACKGROUND Few studies have examined the associations between sleep, mood and behaviour in young children in the early stages of developing psychopathology. The purpose here was to examine the association of emotional problems, especially mood, with family and child characteristics, sleep and behavioural problems in 4-12 year-old children. METHODS The sample was population-based and included ...