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Children are stressed by school start
By Melanie Defries,
Nursery World,
5 September 2007
Children can become stressed about starting primary school up to six months before the beginning of term, according to a new study.
Researchers at the University of Bath found raised levels of the stress hormone cortisol in saliva samples taken from 105 reception-age children in Bath and Somerset. The team, led by Dr Julie Turner-Cobb and funded by the Economic and Social Research Council, measured cortisol levels up to six months before children started school, aiming to use this measurement as a baseline for comparing results two weeks into the first term and six months later. Dr Turner-Cobb said, 'The...
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