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E Montgomery

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Children of torture victims: reactions and coping.

The aim of this study was to describe mental reactions and coping strategies among children of torture victims. The study comprised 11 children from 5 exiled families with at least one of the parents having been subjected to torture. Investigation methods applied were qualitative interviews in three different settings and two projective tests. The children were anxious, depressive, and regressive. Moreover, they presented psychosomatic symptoms, sleep disorders, and family and school problems. The children's ways of dealing with their experiences were divided into four main coping strategies: (a) isolation and withdrawal, (b) mental flight, (c) eagerness to acclimatize, and (d) strength of will and fighting. A lack of flexibility in the children's development of coping strategies was mainly explained by the strength of challenges in the families' overall situation before and after escape and exilation. A lack of openness about imprisonment and torture seemed to be an essential way of parental coping. The observation methods chosen all proved to be applicable and informative. Moreover, the qualitative interview showed to be the crucial method.

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Apparent absence of transposable elements related to the P elements of D. melanogaster in other species of Drosophila.

P elements are transposable elements found in P strain, but usually not in M strain, Drosophila melanogaster, and are responsible for the hybrid dysgenesis that occurs when male D. melanogaster of the P strain mate with females of the M strain (ref. 1 and references therein). Several P elements, which vary in length and genetic effects, have now been cloned. To investigate the evolutionary origin of P elements, we have used a cloned copy of a D. melanogaster P element to look for related sequences in the genomes of six other Drosophila species. We report here that, unlike many other transposable elements found in D. melanogaster, which seem also to be present in other Drosophila species, we have found no sequences closely enough related to P elements to be detected by DNA hybridization in any other Drosophila species. This result supports the hypothesis that P elements have recently invaded D. melanogaster by horizontal transmission.

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Maternal identity and role attainment: long-term relations to children's development.

Mother-infant pairs were assessed during postpartum for maternal role and identity and a variety of infant and sociodemographic characteristics. When children were school age (8 to 10 years), 77 of the original 124 mothers returned a mail survey that assessed children's social competence and behavioral problems. After controlling for socioeconomic status, neither perceived nor demonstrated role attainment predicted child outcomes. Only a subset of the maternal identity indicators predicted children's social competence and behavior problems at 9 years, and these relationships were few and modest in magnitude. Overall, little support was found for the long-term predictive power of maternal role indicators measured during postpartum.

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