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Genetics and Delinquency
Sociological Study Finds New Links between Genetics and Delinquent Behavior
Recent research from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill is breaking new ground: it identifies three genetic predictors of severe delinquency. Even more significantly, these factors increase in predictive precision when viewed together with social influences like family and friends.
For those of us who aren't geneticists, here's what that information means: certain genetic traits and certain social factors are mutually dependent on one another for the expression of delinquent behavior. When an individual has both genetic and social risk factors for delinquency, he or she is more likely to display delinquent behavior.
It's easy to take this genetic relationship at face value, but lead author Guang Guo reminds us that this new knowledge comes with ample opportunity to manipulate the genetic factors' ultimate outcome: "Positive social influences appear to reduce the delinquency-increasing effect of a genetic variant. Our research confirms that genetic effects are not deterministic; gene expression depends heavily on the environment."
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Help stop violence before it starts
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School Readiness
Impact of New Mexico Pre-K Program on Children's School Readiness
In the second of a series of reports estimating the impact of participation in the New Mexico Pre-K initiative, researchers found that the program is continuing to have positive effects on children's learning. By the beginning of kindergarten, children's vocabulary scores had increased by roughly 25 percent, their early math scores had improved an average of 50 percent, and early literacy tests had demonstrated an improvement of about 59 percent. Researchers expect that these initial effects are likely to lead to increased school success and continued advantages in reading and math skills.
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Nutrition and Academics
Study Links Early Nutrition to Adult Intellectual Abilities
It's common sense that good nutrition is important for a good education. A report in the July issue of the Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine takes the old adage a step further, suggesting that adults who received enhanced nutrition in early childhood may score higher on intellectual tests than their peers -- regardless of how long they attended school. Similarly, it's proposed that poor nutrition in early life is associated with poor performance on cognitive tests in adulthood. Says Aryheh D. Stein, PhD, MPH, and associate professor of global health at Emory University, "both nutrition and early-childhood enrichment are likely to be important determinants of intellectual function in adulthood."
Stein has put that theory to the test: between 1969 and 1977, children in four Guatemalan villages participated in a trial of nutritional supplementation. In 2002 and 2004, researchers went back and administered intellectual tests -- and found that the individuals who had received nutritional supplements scored measurably higher than those who had not received the supplement or were exposed to it at other ages. Overall, data suggest that the effect of nutritional supplements in early life is both significant and independent of any effect of schooling.
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Minimum Drinking Age
Decrease in Drunk-Driving Fatalities Linked to Minimum Drinking Age
The incidence of drinking-related fatal car crashes is on the decline -- and a recent study shows that we have underage-drinking laws to thank for that decrease. More specifically, the study -- funded by the Substance Abuse Policy Research Program (SAPRP) of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation -- found that laws making it illegal for anyone under the age of twenty-one to possess or purchase alcohol had led to an 11 percent drop in alcohol-related traffic deaths among youth; in addition, the study found that states with strong laws against fake IDs reported 7 percent fewer alcohol-related fatalities among drivers under the age of twenty-one.
Lead author James C. Fell notes that "there has been evidence since the 1980s that an increase in the drinking age to 21 was having an impact on traffic deaths. But this is the first time we've been able to tease out the real effect, free of the variables that had been used to question the validity of the evidence."
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Relationship Violence
Abusive Relationships Are Common during and prior to College
According to the results of a survey of students at three urban colleges, violence between partners, friends, and acquaintances is strikingly prevalent both during and before college -- and researchers cite the transition from living at home to attending college as a possible reason, asserting that it may increase adolescents' vulnerability to relationship violence.
Researchers found that 44.7 percent of participants experienced relationship violence either before or during college, of which 42.1 percent reported being victims, and 17.1 percent reported being perpetrators. Additionally, emotional violence was the most common type of violence reported. In their conclusion, the authors wrote, "while emotional abuse frequently is not a focus of violence prevention, it can cause poor outcomes and may predispose victims to other forms of violence. Therefore, educational efforts focusing on healthy relationships should begin during childhood."
Read the full press release at:
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/
2008-07/jaaj-rva070308.php
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"Rate Your Relationship -- Are You Being Treated Right?" (EM35570)A
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