Effects of Biological and Social Factors on the Cognitive Development of Very Low Birth Weight Children.

Weisglas-Kuperus, Nynke; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ482091

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1993

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Effects of Biological and Social Factors on the Cognitive Development of Very Low Birth Weight Children.

Weisglas-Kuperus, Nynke; And Others

Pediatrics, v92 n5 p658-65 Nov 1993

Examined the cognitive development of 79 surviving high-risk, low birth weight children at 1, 2, and 3.6 years. Found that children at high biological risk were able to catch up on their cognitive delay in highly stimulating home environments; those at both low and high biological risk in less stimulating home environments showed a decline in cognitive development. (HTH)

Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Birth Weight, Child Development, Child Health, Cognitive Development, Disadvantaged Youth, Family Environment, Longitudinal Studies, Social Influences, Toddlers, Young Children

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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Note: Journal availability: Pediatrics Circulation Dept., 141 N.W. Point Blvd., P.O. Box 927, Elk Grove Village, IL 60009-0927.