BEHAVIORAL PROBLEMS IN LOW‐BIRTHWEIGHT PRESCHOOLERS
- 1 October 1996
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology
- Vol. 38 (10) , 927-940
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-8749.1996.tb15049.x
Abstract
SUMMARY Preschool behavior of a population-based sample of 144 5-year-old children with birthweights less than 2000g (LBW) was compared with a random sample of 163 normal-birthweight term controls. The Personality Inventory for Children and the Yale Children's Inventory were completed by the mothers, and child behavior during psychometric testing was assessed. Nineteen per cent of the LBW children compared to 4% of controls had behavioral problems as defined by abnormal scores on more than three behavioral measures. The LBW children were more often socially insecure. anxious and difficult to manage, but inattention and hyperactivity were not prominent. The LBW children were not more sensitive to the negative impact of parental risk factors than nonnal-birthweight children. RÉSUMÉ Problémes comporiementaux et foible poids de naissance a I'âge pré-scolaire Le comportement ď'enfants de 5 ans àľ'école matemelle, d'un poids de naissance inférieur à 2000g (LBW) a été compareé a un echantillon de 163 contrôles a poids de naissance normal. Le Personality Inventor for Children et le Yale Children's Inventory ont etc remplis par les meres, et le comportement des enfants durant les tests a été note. Dix neuf pour cent des enfants LBW contre 4% des controles presentaient des problemes de comportement definis par des scores anormaux a plus de trois evaluations comportemcntales. Les enfants LBW etaient plus souvent socialement inquiets, anxieux et difficilcs a eduquer, mais l'inattention et I'hyperactivite ne predpminaient pas. Les enfants LBW n'etaient pas plus sensibles aux impacts negatifs des factcurs de risque parentaux que les enfants de poids de naissance normal. ZUSAMMENFASSUNG Verhaliensprobleme bei Vorsvlwlkättlern mit niedrigem Geburtsgewicht Das Vorschulverhalten einer Gruppe von 144 funfjährigen Kindern mit etnem Geburtsgewicht unter 2000g (LBW) wurde mit einer randomisierten Gruppe von 163 zum Tennin geborenen Kindern mit normalem Geburtsgewicht vcrgleichen. Die Mutter fullten das Personality Inventory for Children und das Yale Children's Inventory aus unde es wurde das Verhalten der Kinder beim psychometrischen Test beurteilt. Neunzehn Prozent der LBW Kinder gegeniiber 4% der Kontrollen hattcn Vcrhaltensprobleme. dokumenticrt durch abnorme Scores bei mehr als drei Verhaltensparametern. Die LBW Kinder waren hiiuftg im sozialen Bereich unsicher, angstlich und schwer zu lenken, aber Unaufmerksamkeit und Hyperaktivitat fielcn nicht auf. Die LBW Kinder waren fur die negativen Einfliisse elterlicher Risikofaktoren nicht sensibler als normalgwichtigc Kinder. RESUMEN Problemas de comportamiento en preesvoktres con bajo peso a! nucer Se compareó el comportamiento preescolar de una muestra, basada en una poblacion, de 144 niños de 5 años de edad con un peso de namimiento de menos de 2000g (BPN), con una muestra al hazar de 163 niños control nacidos a termino con peso de nacimtento normal. Las madres rellenaron el ‘Personality Inventory’ para niños asi como el ‘Yale Children's Inventory“y se evaluo la conducta del nino durante el pase de las pruebas psicometricas. El 19% de los niños con BPN, en comparacion con el 4% de los controles, tenian problemas de comportamiento definidos por puntajes normales en mas de tres mediciones de comportamiento. Los niños con BPN eran con mayor frecuencia socialmente inseguros, ansiosos y de difi'cil manejo, pero no era prominente la inatencion ni la hiperactividad. Los niños BPN no eran mds sensibles al impacto negativo de factores de riesgo paternos que los niños con peso de nacimiento normal.Keywords
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