[Effects of migration in preschool children. Selected results of the Basle Kindergarten Study].
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Child, Preschool↗
Biomedical subjects
H Erne
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[Migration and behavioral pecularities of nursery-school children in Basel].
The Basle Kindergarten Study is looking at the effects of migration on health and development. Local, social and cultural relationships are broken up through migration. We call this break of relationship "up-rooting". Deviant behaviour can be understood as indicator of disturbed psychosocial development. Two hypotheses are examined: 1. Signs of up-rooting are concentrated in migrant-families. 2. The children in these families show more deviant behaviour. Both hypotheses are not supported by our preliminary data.
Child Behavior Disorders↗
[Evaluation of an educational program on smoking, alcohol and drug abuse].
The learning program with the title "Consuming critically" has the objective to influence the learner so that he will completely abstain from smoking, drinking of alcoholic beverages and the abuse of medication or at least reduce the respective consumption. A reduction in consumption or a reduction in the predisposition to consume for those who were none-consumers was considered the criteria for a successful utilization of the program. The program was evaluated with a representative sample including all types of schools at the 8th grade in the Basle Schools. By a standardized questionnaire behaviour and attitudes were measured. Regarding the smoking of cigarettes changes in the desired direction could be shown in both behaviour and attitude. No effect could be proven as to the consumption of alcoholic beverages. A significant positive change in the attitude towards the proper use of medication could be demonstrated while the corresponding consumption pattern remained unchanged.
Adolescent↗
[Family factors and alcohol consumption of 14-15-year-old Basel school children].
In a representative sample of Basle school children a good correlation between the alcohol consumption of parents, elder siblings and 14-15 year old schoolchildren was confirmed. Neither frequency nor quantity of alcohol consumption was dependent on family structure in this age group.
Adolescent↗
[Family factors and cigarette smoking in adolescents].
Results of the Basle-Adolescents Study confirmed an important effect of parent smoking and even more of elder sibling smoking on cigarette consumption of adolescents. Broken home situation and employment of mother were other important determinants the effect of which can, however, be partially explained by a higher frequency of smoking mothers.
Adolescent↗
[Food habits and cigarette smoking in adolescents].
Bad eating habits, e.g. no regular breakfast, rarer consumption of fruits and milk, are associated with higher frequency of cigarette smoking in adolescence. Probably this is due to a common factor most likely to be found in the personality of the adolescent and its determinants.
Adolescent↗
[Stability of answers to questions about eating habits].
Different indices are used to evaluate the stability of answers referring to eating habits, collected in an interval of 6 months. The stability is comparable to answers to questions referring to participation in various groups. Both are strongly dependent on the frequency of the characteristic measured.
Adolescent↗
[Personality and scholastic achievement].
Based on the data of the "Basle Adolescents Study" 7 scales of the MMPI and the IQ according to Raven were compared with the average of grades. Teachers confirmed socially desirable personality traits with good grades and gave lower grades to pupils with a less desirable personality.
Achievement↗
[Height, weight and personality].
In a representative sample of Basle 8th grade students (165 boys and 237 girls) born in 1960, 23 MMPI scales were compared to height and triceps skinfold thikness. No correlation was found among boys; in girls height showed a positive, skinfold thickness a negative correlation with the social rating of a number of scales.
Adolescent↗
[Epidemiological factors and personality structure].
The relation between sociodemographic characteristics and structure of personality (MMPI) was analyzed using the results of the "Basle Adolescence Study". Type of housing, family structure, employment of the mother and number of working hours of the father produced statistically significant differences, which, however, were small in respect to the general variability of the structure of personality.
Adolescent↗
[Personality, school-achievement and behavior disorders].
In the framework of the Basle Adolescence-Study, students with indications of behaviour disorders were the subject of a special analysis. The greater part of them belonged to the lower social class and frequented the intellectually less demanding branches of the school system. Even where this was not the case their personality profile showed the characteristics of the lower class populations. The theoretical base of the "labelling approach" could be verified. School and Counselling Service proved to be efficacious parts of the system of social control.
Achievement↗
[Draft and course of a Basel Kindergarten study].
Programme and course of the Basle Kindergarten Study are presented. This study has to describe and analyse the somatic and psychosocial development of children of foreign workers, of people from other swiss cantons and of locals to get ideas referred to prevention.
Anthropometry↗