On the Relation Between the School Journey and Social and Emotional Adjustment in Rural Infant Children

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ID9614585
AuthorsTerence Lee (0000-0003-3333-0076, University of St Andrews, corresponding author)
Year1957
Volume27
Issue2
Pages101-114
Publication date1957-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueBritish Journal of Educational Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0007-0998 • E-ISSN: 2044-8279
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.2044-8279.1957.tb01398.x
OpenAlexW2110284475
LanguageEN
Citations received5

S ummary . 883 children from 57 rural primary schools were assessed by their teachers on ten dimensions of personality. Comparisons between children with (a) short walking, (b) long walking, (c) short transport, and (d) long transport journeys to school showed differences for individual traits and for a combined index, suggesting a relationship between long journeys and maladjustment. For approximately equal times, transport journeys are associated with poorer adjustment than walking journeys. Boys in the sample show poorer adjustment than girls and greater differences for length of journey. The apparent effect lessens with age in respect of walking but not of transport journeys. The evidence is discussed in relation to explanatory hypotheses of ‘family difference,’ fatigue and maternal separation. It is concluded that the latter is most in accord with the data. In particular, it is concluded that the effect of school journeys should be studied through the child's perception of his mother's accessibility, a variable linking maternal separation with maternal deprivation

Developmental psychology · Perception · Personality · Community Health and Development · Early Childhood Education and Development · Psychology · Social Psychology · Urban Transport and Accessibility

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