Unhappy kids are more likely to be materialistic: Study

Unhappy kids are more likely to be materialistic: Study

Unhappy kids are more likely to become materialistic than children

who are happy with their lives‚ a new study from the Netherlands

suggests.

Unhappy kids are more 

likely to become materialistic

 than children who are happy

 with their lives‚ a new study

 from the Netherlands suggests.

And TV advertising is an

 important instigator‚ the study

 found.

"Children who were less 

satisfied with their lives do

 become more materialistic

 over time‚ but only when 

they are frequently exposed

 to advertising‚" said study 

lead author Suzanna Opree.

"Advertising seems to teach children that possessions are a way to increase happiness"‚ Live

 Science Reported.

It's a significant finding because research with adults suggests that materialistic children may

 become less happy later in life‚ said Opree‚ a
research associate at the University of Amsterdam School of Communication Research.
The study describes it as "having a preoccupation with possessions and believing that products

 bring happiness and success."

In the survey‚ the children responded to items measuring materialism - for example‚ self-rating

 how much they like other children based on whether they have more possessions. Kids also

 rated how happy they were with their life‚ home‚ parents‚ friends‚ school and themselves and

 as a whole.

Ad exposure was gauged by how frequently kids watched nine ad-packed TV shows‚ including

 "SpongeBob SquarePants" and "Skating With Celebrities‚" a Dutch family show.

Kids in general are bombarded with a lot of ads‚ the researchers said.

It's not a case of dissatisfied children watching more TV‚ she said.

"Unhappy children are not more frequently exposed to advertising than happy children‚" 

Opree said.

Childhood depression and anxiety may lead to physical problems at adult stage

Childhood depression and anxiety may lead to

 physical problems at adult stage

Child maltreatment has been associated with increased risk

 of adverse physical health outcomes.

Children who experience abuse or other 

adversities and develop mental health 

disorders are at greater risk for chronic

 physical problems when they are adults.

Child maltreatment has been associated with

 increased risk of adverse physical health

 outcomes.

Researchers from Melbourne University‚ 

Australia examined data from people in 10

 countries included in the World Health 

Organization World Mental Health Surveys

 initiative.

The team looked at anxiety disorders and 

depression in children and at the following childhood adversities: abuse‚ neglect‚ loss 

of a parent through death or other causes‚ divorce‚ parental substance abuse‚ parental

 criminal behavior‚ family violence and being poor.

Both anxiety and depression in childhood were associated with three chronic pain

 conditions in adulthood: osteoarthritis‚ chronic spinal pain (back or neck)‚ and 

frequent or severe headache.

It was found that physical abuse in childhood was associated with a number of chronic

 diseases in adulthood: heart disease‚ asthma‚ diabetes‚ osteoarthritis‚ chronic spinal 

pain and headache.

Corporal punishment have worse effects on children's mind

Corporal punishment have worse effects on children's mind

Children in a school that uses corporal punishment performed
significantly worse.

Children in a school that uses corporal punishment performed significantly worse in tasks involving

 "executive functioning" psychological processes such as planning‚ abstract thinking‚ and delaying

gratification than those in a school relying on milder disciplinary measures such as time-outs.

According to a new study involving two private schools in a West African country‚ suggest that a

harshly punitive environment may have long-term detrimental effects on children's verbal

  intelligence and their executive- functioning ability‚ Science Daily Reported.

As a result‚ children exposed to a harshly punitive environment may be at risk for behavioral

 problems related to deficits in executive- functioning‚ the study indicates.

The study by Prof. Victoria Talwar of McGill University‚ Prof. Stephanie M. Carlson of the University

of Minnesota‚ and Prof. Kang Lee of the University of Toronto‚ involved 63 children in kindergarten

or first grade at two West African private schools.