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Early Behavior Problems Appear To Lead To Peer Rejection And Friendlessness
Rejection and lack of friends in elementary school has been linked to behavior problems in the early grades. Rejection and lack of friends did not put children at risk for delinquency, but early disruptiveness did. Researchers used reports of children's level of anxiety and disruptiveness at ages 6 and 7, combined with measures of peer relationship several years later. These measures were then compared against depression, loneliness, and delinquency at ages 12 and 13. (Read More)

Traumatic Events, But Not Post-traumatic Stress Disorder, Common In Childhood
Potentially traumatic events are common in children but do not typically result in post-traumatic stress symptoms or disorder, according to a new report. (Read More)

Traumas Like Sept. 11 Make Brains More Reactive To Fear
Even people who seemed resilient but were close to the World Trade Center on September 11 have brains that are more reactive to emotional stimuli than those who were more than 200 miles away. The Cornell University study is one of the first to look at the effects of trauma on the brains of healthy people. (Read More)

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