Social Class and Morbidity Differences among Kuwaiti Children

Breastfeeding and obesity among Kuwaiti preschool children.

OBJECTIVES To determine if breastfeeding and its duration are associated with a reduced risk of obesity among Kuwaiti preschool children. SUBJECTS AND METHODS The sample consisted of 2,291 (1,092 males and 1,199 females) preschool children (3-6 years of age) and their mothers. The data were collected from September 2003 to June 2004. Height and weight measurements were used for defining weigh...

Nightmares: Prevalence, Age and Gender Differences among Kuwaiti Children and Adolescents

N are described as frightening dreams that usually awaken the sleeper from rapid eye movement (REM) sleep. It is almost always a long, complicated dream that becomes increasingly frightening toward the end. The long, dreamlike feature is essential in making the clinical differentiation from sleep terror. The element of fright or anxiety is an essential part of the nightmare (1, p. 163). Nightma...

Differences in Morbidity Among Children in Foster Care and Non-foster Care Children

Explanations of social class differences in alcoholism among young men.

The aim of this study was to analyse the role of differences in alcohol consumption and other risk factors for alcoholism established in late adolescence, for later differences in the distribution of alcoholism between social classes among young men. Data on risk factors in childhood and adolescence, e.g. risk use of alcohol, was collected among 49,323 men, born 1949-1951, at conscription for c...

Social class differences produce social group preferences.

Some social groups are higher in socioeconomic status than others and the former tend to be favored over the latter. The present research investigated whether observing group differences in wealth alone can directly cause children to prefer wealthier groups. In Experiment 1, 4-5-year-old children developed a preference for a wealthy novel group over a less wealthy group. In Experiment 2, childr...