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The Effects of Family Functioning on Academic Achievement in Children with Sickle Cell Disease
(East Carolina University, 2013)
Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a complex group of genetic blood disorders that currently affects 90,000-100,000 Americans primarily of African descent. SCD leads to physiological and psychosocial distress. In relation to ...
THE EFFECTS OF PRENATAL COCAINE EXPOSURE ON EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONING IN ADOLESCENTS
(East Carolina University, 2011)
Executive functioning refers to higher-order cognitive skills (e.g., inhibition, shifting and sequencing), which improve with frontal lobe maturation from childhood through early adulthood. Research on executive functioning ...