This is the first prospective study to investigate psychosocial adjustment in male and female former child soldiers (ages 10-18; n = 156, 12% female). The study began in Sierra Leone in 2002 and was designed to examine both risk and protective factors in psychosocial adjustment. Over the 2-year period of follow-up, youth who had wounded or killed…

Examined the relations between attentional and cognitive skills of 138 Kenyan children of 7-8 years and nutritional status, family characteristics, and duration of schooling. Better nourished children had higher composite test scores than other children. (RJC)