Childhood Temperament ‘Strongly Associated’ With Being Out Of Work In Later Life

Children who are unhappy at school, complain of aches and pains or skip school for trivial reasons are more likely to be permanently off work sick when they are adults, new research suggests. The research, published in the March issue of the British Journal of Psychiatry, shows a strong association between childhood temperament and sickness absence in middle age. Researchers studied over 7,100 people who were born in Aberdeen between 1950 and 1955.

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Filed under: Depression on March 8th, 2009