Sentences with phrase «behavioural problems than other»

Recent research conducted in mainland China found that obesity prevalence was higher among children in wealthier families, 4 but the patterns were different in Hong Kong with higher rates of childhood obesity among lower income families.4 5 Hong Kong, despite having a per capita gross domestic product of Hong Kong dollar (HK$) 273 550, has large income differences between rich and poor as reflected by a high Gini coefficient of 0.539 reported in 2016; approximately 20 % of the population are living in poverty as defined by a monthly household income below half of the Hong Kong median.6 It is widely accepted that population health tend to be worse in societies with greater income inequalities, and hence low - income families in these societies are particularly at risk of health problems.7 In our previous study, children from Hong Kong Chinese low - income families experienced poorer health and more behavioural problems than other children in the population at similar age.8 Adults from these families also reported poorer health - related quality of life (HRQOL), 9 with 6.1 % of the parents having a known history of mental illness and 18.2 % of them reporting elevated level of stress.

Children who witness regular acts of violence have greater emotional and behavioural problems than other children.

Children who feel that they belong at school are happier, more relaxed and have fewer behavioural problems than other students.

Children who feel that they belong are happier, more relaxed and have fewer behavioural problems than others.

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Stepfathers are widespread not only in modern industrial societies but also in subsistence - level societies as well.6, 51,52 Many studies have found that, compared with resident biological fathers, stepfathers invest less in the children who live with them, both in the United States37, 39,53 and other cultures.54 - 56 Stepchildren are more likely to have emotional and behavioural problems than resident genetic offspring, 39,40 although there is evidence that children who have close relationships with their stepfathers have better outcomes.41, 57

«'' This study appears to have been well conducted, but the pattern of results suggests that the observed increase in behavioural problems may have been caused by factors other than mobile phone use.

Other than the prospect of being sold a product that is «faulty» and losing their money, they too will suffer pain and distress if their puppy becomes ill or develops behavioural problems they can not understand or account for.

The mass protrusion maybe indirectly related to the lymphoma, but there are many other causes of mass protrusion from the vagina which are possibly related to older age, urinary problems etc... Knowing when «it's time» is hard since as a loving owner you are biased towards looking at the positives rather than the negatives and since dogs are generally stoic by nature you may not see the full extent of her pain; you really need to look at Precious objectively and decide if she is the same dog or if there is something different, behavioural changes are usually the first signs.

A study by Bagley (1991) showed that Indigenous teenagers adopted by non-Indigenous families were far more likely than other adopted children, including those adopted from other countries, to have behavioural and emotional problems.

That is true for cognitive behaviour therapy, interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT) and behavioural activation therapy.1 One of the problems in this field is that all types of therapy seem to be equally or about equally effective, 1 and there does not seem to be one type of therapy that is significantly more effective than others.2

At 46 months twice as many parents reported general behavioural problems than said their child's behaviour to other children was a problem (31 % versus 16 %).