Showing papers by "Michael Rutter published in 1979"

Fifteen Thousand Hours : Secondary Schools and Their Effects on Children

Abstract: Fifteen Thousand Hours gives a remarkable account of what goes on in schools, and what the effects are likely to be. It is vital reading for all those professionally involved in teaching.

Maternal deprivation, 1972-1978: new findings, new concepts, new approaches.

Abstract: Research since 1972 in the field of "maternal deprivation" is critically reviewed. The results are used to reassess briefly the formulations proposed in 1972 and to discuss more fully the meaning and practical implications of fresh findings on new or recently revived topics. These include the development of social relationships and the process of bonding, critical periods of development, the links between childhood experiences and parenting behavior, influences on parenting, and the possible reasons why so many children do not succumb to deprivation or disadvantage.

Changing Youth in a Changing Society: Patterns of Adolescent Development and Disorder

Abstract: Preface Acknowledgements 1. Patterns of adolescent development and disorder 2. Historical trends in adolescent behaviour 3. Influences on adolescent behaviour 4. Changes in society and the family Services: implications and speculations References

Task difficulty and task performance in autistic children.

Abstract: SUMMARY The study was designed to examine the effects on the performance of autistic children of varying the cognitive demands being made upon the children. The Board Form of the Raven Coloured Progressive Matrices was administered to 30 children and then, if necessary, either a range of easier, “matrices-type” problems, or the more difficult Standard Progressive Matrices. Distribution and type of errors suggested that for most of the children tested, success or failure on any item was best predicted by the intrinsic difficulty of that item rather than by the child's lack of co-operation. However, it did appear that for some of the lower functioning children, early experience of failure did interfere with subsequent performance. The implications of the findings are discussed in the context of the clinical assessment of autistic children.

Journal of Autism and Childhood Schizophrenia. Change of journal scope and title.

Abstract: In order to stimulate more flexible research strategies, the title and scope of the journal have been broadened to include a wider range of developmental disorders related to autism. This carefully circumscribed broadening is also intended to clarify the developmental factors that shape the autistic symptom picture. By focusing on all types of issues within a wide span of developmental problems it is hoped that there may be a greater clarification of both the similarities and the differences between the various disorders that delay or distort the developmental process. We hope, too, that it will lead to greater knowledge on the various connections between physical anomalies of development and their psychosocial and behavioral sequelae.

Families of autistic and dysphasic children. I. Family life and interaction patterns.

Abstract: • Patterns of parent-child interaction and family functioning were systematically examined in well-matched groups of 15 autistic and 14 dysphasic children. The measures used included the Douglas 24-hour standard day analysis, the Brown and Rutter interview measure of positive interaction, the lttleson scales (based on a four- to six-hour period of home observation, specially developed time-sampled measures of observed mother-child interaction at home), and the Eysenck Personality Inventory. The findings from all measures agreed in showing that family life and interaction patterns were closely similar in the two groups. The results were compared with those of previous investigations; we concluded that autism is most un likely to be due to abnormal psychogenic influences in the family.

Maternal deprivation 1972-1978: new findings, new concepts, new approaches.

Abstract: Research since 1972 in the field of "maternal deprivation" is critically reviewed. The results are used to reassess briefly the formulations proposed in 1972 and to discuss more fully the meaning and practical implications of fresh findings on new or recently revived topics. These include the development of social relationships and the process of bonding, critical periods of development, the links between childhood experiences and parenting behavior, influences on parenting, and the possible reasons why so many children do not succumb to deprivation or disadvantage.