An inverted U relation existed between unemployment and foster home placements

Is there an inverted-U relationship between creativity and psychopathology?

Few issues polarize the scientific community within the field of creativity as the purported association between creativity and psychopathology. The idea that the two are intimately linked dates back to Greek antiquity where the mental state of creative individuals during idea generation was noted to be highly aberrant. However, such eccentric states were not held to reflect clinical levels of ...

Reflective Decision-Making and Foster Care Placements

Child Maltreatment and Foster Care Placements

Competition and Innovation: An Inverted-U Relationship

This paper investigates the relationship between product market competition (PMC) and innovation. A growth model is developed in which competition may increase the incremental profit from innovating; on the other hand, competition may also reduce innovation incentives for laggards. There are four key predictions. First, the relationship between product market competition (PMC) and innovation is...

Foster and adoptive mothers' assessment of permanent family placements.

OBJECTIVES To obtain the new carers' evaluation of the success of permanent placement of children within their families and any special needs in the children, and to determine the adequacy of support after placement. DESIGN A postal questionnaire was sent to the foster or adoptive mothers of a five year cohort of 234 children placed for permanence, three to eight years previously, by one loca...