A New Study found that children are more likely to succeed in life if they live in an environment that fosters a strong connection with the family, who plays a vital role when a child is growing up.
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A study on children ages 10 to 17 aimed to determine the habits affecting children s health. The findings are promising, showing a significant decrease in substance use-smoking, drinking, and drugs. There has also been a decline in child bullying.
However, boys, especially those in the lowest social class, may need help with a healthier diet and coping mechanisms towards pressure and depression.
HBSC Study Shows Improvements in Children s Health
Senior researcher Aoife Gavin collaborated with the HBSC research team to conduct the study on Irish Behavior in School-aged Children. The Health Behavior in School-aged Children Trends Report (HBSC) showed positive results in changing children s habits. It is a cross-sectional study in collaboration with the World Health Organization, Breaking News reported.
A group of psychologists from Northwestern University conducted the study.
They did a multi-wave research project involving mothers of 440 children. The kids of these mothers are ages nine to ten.
The mothers were the ones who completed the personality test on behalf of their children.
The study went on for four consecutive years, and each year, the moms had to take the personality test for their children.
The research was led by Cassandra Brandes. Their study recently got published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.
Testing the hypotheses
In exploring how early adolescents personality changes over time, the research looked into two hypotheses.
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Air pollution directly impacted school test results in the Salt Lake Study.
Too much exposure to air pollution spikes is linked to the reason why there is a reduced school test result for third graders in Salt Lake County.
Schools with a higher number of students of color and from households experiencing poverty were exposed to more air pollution days than schools that are serving the middle to upper class and are white.
The result of this Salt Lake Study stresses the need for lawmakers to make policies to reduce the number of air pollution days.
The air in Salt Lake City