Children who behave badly suffer more pain as adults [Herald.ie]
- Published: 10 March 2010
Children with behavioural problems at school are more than twice as likely to suffer chronic pain in adulthood, researchers have revealed.
Experts believe there could be a biological link between poor behaviour and the feelings of pain experienced by some people. More than 18,000 children, born in one week in 1958 were examined for the study, published in the journal Rheumatology.
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A variety of information was collected on the children at the age of seven, 11 and 16, and again at 42 and 45.
Parents and teachers separately assessed children's behaviour in areas such as restlessness, worrying, being alone, ability to make friends, obedience, stealing, sucking thumbs and biting nails, lying, bullying and skipping school.
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