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Factors for Children's Receptive Vocabulary Development from Four to Eight Years in the Longitudinal Study of Australian ChildrenVariation in receptive vocabulary ability is associated with variation in children's school achievement, and low receptive vocabulary ability is a risk...
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Mothers' and Fathers' Work Hours, Child Gender, and Behavior in Middle ChildhoodThis study examined the association between typical parental work hours (including nonemployed parents) and children's behavior in two-parent heterosexual...
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An eleven-year evaluation of the effect of community treatment orders on changes in mental health service useMany studies of compulsory community treatment have assessed their effect early on after the implementation of legislation.
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Associations between school absence and academic achievement: Do socioeconomics matter?School attendance should therefore be a priority for all schools, and not just those with high rates of absence or low average achievement.
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Longitudinal study of language and speech of twins at 4 and 6 years: Twinning effects decrease, zygosity effects disappear, and heritability increasesThis study investigates the heritability of language, speech, and nonverbal cognitive development of twins at 4 and 6 years of age.
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Effects of Dietary Acute Tryptophan Depletion (ATD) on NPY Serum Levels in Healthy Adult Humans Whilst Controlling for Methionine Supply-A Pilot StudyAcute tryptophan depletion, and therefore, diminished substrate availability for brain 5-HT synthesis did not lead to significant changes in serum neuropeptide Y concentrations over time
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Childhood atopy and mental health: a prospective, longitudinal investigationFindings are the first linking atopy (measured by both parent report and objective verification) with increased vulnerability to affective and anxiety problems
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Nowhere to Go and Nothing to Do but Sit? Youth Screen Time and the Association With Access to Neighborhood DestinationsWith not much to do in their neighborhood, youth may spend more time in the home engaged in screen-based activities
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Impact of the Friendly Schools whole-school intervention on transition to secondary school and adolescent bullying behaviourThese findings demonstrate the immediate value of whole-school interventions to reduce bullying behaviour and associated harms among students
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The Gender Wage Gap in the Vietnamese Transition, 1993–2008This essay examines wages and the gender wage gap between 1993 and 2008 in Vietnam