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Author: Lee, Hankyu
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1. Lee, Hankyu
Barratt, Marguerite Stevenson
Cognitive Development of Preterm Low Birth Weight Children at 5 to 8 Years Old
Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics 14,4 (August 1993): 242-249.
Also: http://journals.lww.com/jrnldbp/Abstract/1993/08010/Cognitive_Development_of_Preterm_Low_Birth_Weight.6.aspx
Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79, NLSY79
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Keyword(s): Birthweight; Child Development; Child Health; Children, Academic Development; Educational Aspirations/Expectations; Home Observation for Measurement of Environment (HOME); I.Q.; Intelligence; Language Development; Peabody Individual Achievement Test (PIAT- Math); Peabody Individual Achievement Test (PIAT- Reading); Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test (PPVT); Pre-natal Care/Exposure; Pre/post Natal Behavior; Pre/post Natal Health Care

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Prematurity and low birth weight have been considered to be important risk factors for cognitive development during early childhood; however, it has been suggested that the developmental delays disappear with age. Eighty-one preterm (< 38 weeks) low birth weight (< 2500 g) children between 5 and 8 years old from the Children of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth were compared with individually matched full-term normal birth weight children to investigate the catch-up delays in cognitive functioning including language and mathematics skills. Preterm children showed a significant delay in cognitive functioning only until 6 years old. Regression analyses showed that environmental factors accounted for more variation in cognitive development than did perinatal factors. In support of a transactional model, preterm children exhibited a self-righting tendency during their early childhood so that eventually environmental influences overshadowed biological influences.
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Lee, Hankyu and Marguerite Stevenson Barratt. "Cognitive Development of Preterm Low Birth Weight Children at 5 to 8 Years Old." Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics 14,4 (August 1993): 242-249.