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Showing 1 to 15 of 15 for “"developmental outcome"”.
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The behavioral and developmental outcome of extremely low birth weight infants: a focus on emotional regulation
This study investigated the developmental outcome of children born with extremely low birth weight ( < 1000 grams) as compared to those children born at full term. Descriptive statistics for behavioral outcome, focusing on aspects of emotional regulation were also used to explore the long-term …
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Developmental outcome in preschoolers: Interrelations among maternal depression, perceived social support, and child's age of entry into Head Start
… symptomology and child cognitive and social outcome. In addition, the mediating role of maternal social support was examined. The study sample included 43 low-income mothers and their pre-school aged children who were enrolled in a large Head Start program in Southwest Virginia. Maternal …
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Individual Differences in Physiology, Behavior, and Temperament Over the First 15 Months of Life
… in newborn physiology and behavior and 15-month developmental outcome was investigated. Forty-four healthy infants who had participated in a newborn study of physiological correlates of behavior were again tested at 15 months. During the newborn assessment, ten minutes of heart rate pattern and …
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A prospective study of prenatal cocaine exposure: language, play, and global cognitive abilities in 2-year olds
… between prenatal cocaine exposure and 2-year developmental outcome was examined in a sample of 200, 2-year-old children followed prospectively from birth. Adverse cocaine effects were hypothesized to emerge in highly-exposed children, rather than the whole group, and in the specific …
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Heart Rate Characteristics and Neurodevelopmental Outcome in Very Low Birth Weight Infants
… associated with an increased risk of adverse developmental outcome. We have identified abnormal heart rate characteristics (HRCs) that are predictive of impending sepsis, and we have developed a summary measure of an infant’s HRCs during the neonatal hospitalization that we refer to as the …
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Genetic and Environmental Influences on Cognitive and Neural Development
… understand these multifactorial gene-environment-outcome relationships, and how they relate to human development. Using multiple data types from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC) combined with a diverse methodological approach, I highlight compounding environmental …
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An exploration of the views on parenting styles by young adults living in Umlazi: KwaZulu-Natal
… to explore how parenting style has influence the developmental outcome of young adults. A sample of twelve (12) young adults raised by either parents or a single parent from birth to at least 18 years were conveniently selected to participate in the study. A semi-structured interview schedule was …
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Assessing language development in Arabic-learning monolingual and bilingual toddlers
… language is fundamental for changing their developmental outcome as it gives a chance for a quick and early intervention with a suitable planning and monitoring program. Since there is no universal Arabic language screening tool that can be used for the assessment of Arabic-speaking toddler …
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Inflammation and the Insulin-like Growth Factor System at Very Preterm Birth. Implications for Early Morbidity and Development.
… present in cord blood related to impaired developmental outcome at 2 years of age, as well as to changes in components of the IGF-system, which indicates that inflammation present already before delivery may injure the immature brain and interfere with neuro-protective mechanisms. A …
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Investigating the consequences of chromosome abnormalities arising during pre-implantation development of the mouse
… abnormalities with the aim of improving clinical outcomes. However, the ultimate fate of mosaic embryos is not known. Human embryo research is limited by practical and ethical constraints, and directly relevant animal studies are sparse. To circumvent many of these limitations, a mouse model for …
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Visual perception and motor function of children with birth-weights under 1250grams and their full term normal birth weight peers at five to six years of age : a Cape Town study
… a broader study that included the examination of developmental outcome of these infants, using the Griffith's Mental Development Scale (Griffith's). The study recognised the complex interaction of biological and environmental factors and their influence on development and attempted to describe the …
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From Structure to Function: Social and Cognitive Networks in Children Born Very Low Birth Weight
… as well as the early modifiable predictors of outcome, such as postnatal nutrition. The present thesis used a multi-modal approach to investigate altered white matter microstructure and functional connectivity in five-year-old VLBW children. Using multi-shell diffusion imaging, studies 1 & 2 …
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Women's retirement : The self in process of transition.
… Antonovsky and Sagy (1990), which identified the developmental outcome of psychological reintegration following retirement. The present investigation develops the process of this re-integration. Hanson and Wapner's (1994) findings, that women experienced that their sense of Self changed with …
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Healing Through the Struggle: Sociopolitical Empowerment as Context for Youth Thriving
… students in sociopolitical work, including developmental outcome surveys (<em>N</em> = 366) conducted the first and last weeks of program implementation, momentary program experience surveys (4,540 program quality ratings provided by 276 participants) conducted throughout the program year, …
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Auditory event-related potentials and cognitive outcome after very preterm birth
… born very preterm correlate with cognitive outcome, and whether AERPs are related to findings on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) at term. We investigated 70 children at 4-5 years of age who had been born very preterm, using AERPs and psychological testing, and compared them with more mature …