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Title: Perinatal and Infancy Factors Associated with Personality Functioning During Early Childhood
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Atkins, Robert L. |
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Perinatal and Infancy Factors Associated with Personality Functioning During Early Childhood Ph.D. Dissertation, Temple University, October 2004. DAI-B 65/04, p. 2135, Oct 2004 Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79 Publisher: UMI - University Microfilms, Bell and Howell Information and Learning Keyword(s): Birthweight; Child Development; Children, Poverty; Cigarette Use (see Smoking); Infants; Mothers, Education; Poverty; Pre/post Natal Health Care; Risk-Taking; Temperament The association of perinatal and infancy risk factors to maladjusted personality functioning in early childhood was investigated using the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth-Child Sample (NLSY-CS). Discriminant Function Analysis (DFA) and multinomial logistic regression analysis demonstrated that low levels of maternal education and poverty during the first year of life were significant in the prediction of the under-controlled personality type at 5 and 6 years of age. Factors such as prenatal cigarette smoking and low birth weight were not significant in the prediction of maladjusted personality functioning. The implications of these results for personality functioning research and early intervention programs are discussed. |
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Atkins, Robert L. Perinatal and Infancy Factors Associated with Personality Functioning During Early Childhood. Ph.D. Dissertation, Temple University, October 2004. DAI-B 65/04, p. 2135, Oct 2004. |