Some children in infancy are constantly crying, sleeping badly or refusing to eat, as reported by the Internet publication for girls and women from 14 to 35 years old Pannochka. net At the University of Basel, a study has been carried out by scientists that proved that many problems characteristic of the early stage of development affect the behavior of children in the future.
Subsequently, they often behave aggressively and destructively or suffer from Attention Deficiency Syndrome (ADHS). The above problems are found in every fifth child in the first year of life, so parents often have to go to the doctors.
A study of this issue by Swiss scientists, together with colleagues from Germany and the United Kingdom, showed that problems of early age are associated with behavioral anomalies in later age periods. Their research, as reported by BMJ Publishing, is published in the journal Archives of Diseases in Childhood (Archives of Diseases in Childhood).
Meta-analysis of 22 studies.
A number of studies have long indicated that such a relationship exists, although the results were by no means unambiguous. Therefore, a group of scientists headed by Mirja Hemmi from the Institute of Psychology of the University of Basel analyzed 22 studies on this topic, conducted from 1986 to 2006.
It was tested almost 17. 000 children, of whom approximately 1. 900 had one or more problems in their early childhood. Of 22 researchers, 10 dealt with the problem of excessive crying during the first months of life, 4 - sleep, 3 - nutrition and 5 studied families, if the children had more than one problem.
Increased risk of behavioral disorders.
Later, depending on the studies conducted at the age of 3 to 10 years, scientists subdivided the observed behavioral deviations into 4 categories: internalized, that is transforming external real actions into stable internal personal qualities such as fears or depressions, extrapolated violations - acting vice versa - such as aggressive or destructive behavior, ADHS and general behavioral problems.
It turned out that children with long-term crying, sleeping or eating problems in the first year of life had a clearly expressed increased risk of behavioral deviations in older age. Most often these were aggressive and destructive behavior, as well as ADHS. If the child had several problems at once in early childhood, the risk was even greater.
Many of the problem children were brought up, according to researchers, in families with additional risk factors, for example: birth trauma, poor family relationships or other psychosocial problems.
Babies who lived in such families, especially often had anomalies of behavior at a later age.
Preventive measures are needed.
The authors of the research draw from their analysis the conclusion that one should not be frivolous about the problems that arise in early childhood. It is necessary to take measures in a timely manner and provide the child with the necessary assistance. Many studies have shown improvement in symptoms if parents have adapted their behavior to the problems of children.
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