Professor Dieter Wolke talks to Child Trends News Service about Sibling Bullying
Listen to Professor Dieter Wolke talking about Sibling Bullying with the Child Trends News Service
…Infant crying problems and symptoms of sleeping problems predict attachment disorganization at 18 months
This longitudinal study examined the associations among infant crying, symptoms of sleeping problems, and attachment while considering the influence of maternal sensitivity and depressive symptoms.
…Congratulations to Dr Slava Dantchev for winning a 2018 Psychology PhD Student Publication Award
The competition was open to all articles that were published in international peer-reviewed journals in 2018, either electronically (must have a doi number) or in print, by Warwick Psychology PhD students who met certain conditions.
…Commentary: Is Social Inequality in Cognitive Outcomes Increased by Preterm Birth–Related Complications?
The study by Benavente-Fernández et al1 investigated the association of maternal education as a marker of socioeconomic status (SES) and complications related to very preterm birth, such as chronic lung disease (CLD), intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH), and reduced white matter volume (WMV), with cognitive development in preschool-aged children.
…Psychiatric Symptoms and Disorders in Extremely Preterm Young Adults at 19 Years of Age and Longitudinal Findings From Middle Childhood
Since the 1980s, the long term outcomes of extremely preterm birth, before 28 weeks of gestation, have garnered considerable interest as a result of significant improvements in neonatal care and the consequent increase in survival rates.
…Hand preference develops across childhood and adolescence in extremely preterm children: The EPICure Study
Aim – To determine how handedness changes with age, and its relation to brain injury and cognition in births before 26 weeks of gestation.
…Automated quantitative evaluation of brain MRI may be more accurate for discriminating preterm born adults
To investigate the structural brain abnormalities and their diagnostic accuracy through qualitative and quantitative analysis in term born and very preterm birth or with very low birth weight (VP/VLBW) adults.
…Aberrant gyrification contributes to the link between gestational age and adult IQ after premature birth
Gyrification is a hallmark of human brain development, starting in the second half of gestation in primary cortices, followed by unimodal and then transmodal associative cortices. Alterations in gyrification have been noted in premature-born newborns and children, suggesting abnormal cortical folding to be a permanent feature of prematurity……
…Far From Being Harmless, the Effects of Bullying Last Long Into Adulthood
Serious illness, struggling to hold down a regular job, and poor social relationships are just some of the adverse outcomes in adulthood faced by those exposed to bullying in childhood… More
…Dieter Wolke discusses the details of this research in a Q&A with APS
Q&A with Dieter Wolke on his recent study in Psychological Science, Impact of Bullying in Childhood on Adult Health, Wealth, Crime, and Social Outcomes.
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