Note from the President: I am proud to welcome Jennie Meyer to Dry Kid.Org as Research Director. Jennie has a Master's in Library Science. As a librarian, she will bring new life to our website. Jennie is also very adept social media and will be helping us spread the word much more effectively.
Like the rest of us at DryKid.org Jennie is a volunteer. We salute her commitment to serve our organization.
|
|
Behavior
|
Sexual Homocide
FBI special agent, Robert Ressler writes in his book, "Sexual Homicide" that 68% of serial killers wet the bed past age 12 years old.
|
Psychopath... myth busted?
Bedwetting, New Study: Behavior problems, Yes. Psychopath, No!
A 2008 study of 356 children in Istanbul, Turkey shows that while children who wet the bed at night do have more social behavior problems than those that don't, there is not a correlation with antisocial (or psychopathic) behavior! The children studied were between 5-7 years old. 53 children with bedwetting were compared to 303 nonbedwetting children. The behavior was rated by the children's parents.
|
|
Bedwetting Worldwide
|
Bedwetting in Australia (1996)
British Journal of Urology, 78: 602–606. doi: 10.1046/j.1464-410X.1996.13618.x The prevalence of bedwetting in Australian children ages 5-12 is 18.9%, but only 5.1% wet the bed at least weekly. And only "34% of parents consulted with a health worker."
|
Bedwetting in China (2000)
Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry - December 2000 (Vol. 39, Issue 12, Pages 1557-1564, DOI: 10.1097/00004583-200012000-00020)The overall prevalence of nocturnal enuresis was 4.3%, occurring more in boys than girls.
|
Bedwetting in Korea (2000)
BJU International, 85: 869873. doi: 10.1046/j.1464-410x.2000.00617.x"The parents of these 12,570 children aged 7–12 years were asked to complete questionnaires." The prevalence of bedwetting is similar to what is reported from European countries.
|
Bedwetting in Istanbul, Turkey (2004)
Pediatrics International, 46: 58–63. doi: 10.1111/j.1442-200X.2004.01824.x "The study group was composed of 1576 school children aged between 6 and 16 years." The prevalence of bedwetting was 12.4%.
"Enuresis is a common problem among school children."
|
