M P M Richards
Biographic Data
| ID | 4238895 |
|---|---|
| NAME | M P M Richards |
| GIVEN NAMES | M P M |
| FAMILY NAME | Richards |
| SIGNATURE | RICHARDS M P M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Moscow Psycho-Social University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 53 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1970 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Secular Changes in the Association of Parental Divorce and Children's Educational Attainment - Evidence from Three British Birth Cohorts
This article examines the secular trends in the overall association of parental divorce (or separation) and children's educational attainment at school-leaving age during the period spanning a quarter of a century since the second world war in Britain. The study presents a reanalysis of data from the three British birth cohorts which studied children born in 1946, 1958 and 1970. Equivalent educational attainment at the different time points is de…
The new genetics
This paper considers some of the social consequences of the deployment of techniques arising from recombinant DNA technology, the new genetics. It concentrates on late onset dominantly inherited conditions such as Huntington's disease and hereditary ovarian and breast cancer and recessively inherited disease such as β thalassaemia and cystic fibrosis. It is argued that there are widely held lay beliefs about inheritance which are often at varianc…
Children, Parents and Families
This paper explores some historical changes in the way divorce has been regulated and their relationship to research by psychologists and other social scientists on the effects of these changes on children. The author argues that both the practice of divorce and research are moving away from an everyday notion of the family and warns against the ideological connotations carried by the expression. He concludes by suggesting that from the point of …
Marital Separation and Children
It is estimated that more than a quarter of British marriages are likely to end in divorce and that about two thirds of these couples will have children living with them. Thus the experience of a parental divorce is commonplace for large numbers of children. For this reason and because of the widespread belief that divorce and marital separation are the cause of many social, psychological and medical problems, it is of some importance that we und…
Innovation in medical practice
The making of man
The new genetics
This paper considers some of the social consequences of the deployment of techniques arising from recombinant DNA technology, the new genetics. It concentrates on late onset dominantly inherited conditions such as Huntington's disease and hereditary ovarian and breast cancer and recessively inherited disease such as β thalassaemia and cystic fibrosis. It is argued that there are widely held lay beliefs about inheritance which are often at varianc…
Secular Changes in the Association of Parental Divorce and Children's Educational Attainment - Evidence from Three British Birth Cohorts
This article examines the secular trends in the overall association of parental divorce (or separation) and children's educational attainment at school-leaving age during the period spanning a quarter of a century since the second world war in Britain. The study presents a reanalysis of data from the three British birth cohorts which studied children born in 1946, 1958 and 1970. Equivalent educational attainment at the different time points is de…
Innovation in medical practice
Children, Parents and Families
This paper explores some historical changes in the way divorce has been regulated and their relationship to research by psychologists and other social scientists on the effects of these changes on children. The author argues that both the practice of divorce and research are moving away from an everyday notion of the family and warns against the ideological connotations carried by the expression. He concludes by suggesting that from the point of …
The making of man
Innovation in medical practice
Marital Separation and Children
It is estimated that more than a quarter of British marriages are likely to end in divorce and that about two thirds of these couples will have children living with them. Thus the experience of a parental divorce is commonplace for large numbers of children. For this reason and because of the widespread belief that divorce and marital separation are the cause of many social, psychological and medical problems, it is of some importance that we und…
Children, Parents and Families
This paper explores some historical changes in the way divorce has been regulated and their relationship to research by psychologists and other social scientists on the effects of these changes on children. The author argues that both the practice of divorce and research are moving away from an everyday notion of the family and warns against the ideological connotations carried by the expression. He concludes by suggesting that from the point of …
The new genetics
This paper considers some of the social consequences of the deployment of techniques arising from recombinant DNA technology, the new genetics. It concentrates on late onset dominantly inherited conditions such as Huntington's disease and hereditary ovarian and breast cancer and recessively inherited disease such as β thalassaemia and cystic fibrosis. It is argued that there are widely held lay beliefs about inheritance which are often at varianc…
Secular Changes in the Association of Parental Divorce and Children's Educational Attainment - Evidence from Three British Birth Cohorts
This article examines the secular trends in the overall association of parental divorce (or separation) and children's educational attainment at school-leaving age during the period spanning a quarter of a century since the second world war in Britain. The study presents a reanalysis of data from the three British birth cohorts which studied children born in 1946, 1958 and 1970. Equivalent educational attainment at the different time points is de…
Sociology (5 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Developmental psychology (2 works) · Family Dynamics and Relationships (2 works) · History (2 works) · Social Psychology (2 works) · Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology (1 work) · Association (psychology) (1 work)