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The feasibility of tracing a sample of school-boys after a lapse of fifteen years

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2009

Sheila Mitchell  and
Derek Jackson
Sheila Mitchell*
Affiliation:
Sociology Department, University of Stirling
Derek Jackson
Affiliation:
Sociology Department, University of Stirling
*
1Address for correspondence: Dr Sheila Mitchell, University of Stirling, Stirling, Scotland FK9 4LA.
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Synopsis

Although the relationship between childhood behaviour and adult adjustment is often presented as established fact, relatively few non-retrospective studies have actually examined this perceived association. This paper presents a description of the attempt to establish the feasibility of tracing children after a lapse of 15 years and suggests that this may present fewer insuperable difficulties than might be imagined.

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Preliminary Communication
Information
Psychological Medicine , Volume 8 , Issue 3 , August 1978 , pp. 509 - 513
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1978

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