A Comparison of the effects of preterm birth and institutional deprivation on child temperament
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A Comparison of the effects of preterm birth and institutional deprivation on child temperament. / Reyes, Lucia Miranda; Jaekel, Julia; Kreppner, Jana; Wolke, Dieter; Sonuga-Barke, Edmund.
I: Development and Psychopathology, Bind 32, Nr. 4, 01.10.2020, s. 1524-1533.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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T1 - A Comparison of the effects of preterm birth and institutional deprivation on child temperament
AU - Reyes, Lucia Miranda
AU - Jaekel, Julia
AU - Kreppner, Jana
AU - Wolke, Dieter
AU - Sonuga-Barke, Edmund
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © Cambridge University Press 2019.
PY - 2020/10/1
Y1 - 2020/10/1
N2 - Both preterm birth and early institutional deprivation are associated with neurodevelopmental impairment - with both shared and distinctive features. To explore shared underlying mechanisms, this study directly compared the effects of these putative risk factors on temperament profiles in six-year-olds: Children born very preterm (<32 weeks gestation) or at very low birthweight (<1500 g) from the Bavarian Longitudinal Study (n = 299); and children who experienced >6 months of deprivation in Romanian institutions from the English and Romanian Adoptees Study (n = 101). The former were compared with 311 healthy term born controls and the latter with 52 nondeprived adoptees. At 6 years, temperament was assessed via parent reports across 5 dimensions: effortful control, activity, shyness, emotionality, and sociability. Very preterm/very low birthweight and postinstitutionalized children showed similarly aberrant profiles in terms of lower effortful control, preterm = -0.50, 95% CI [-0.67, -0.33]; postinstitutionalized = -0.48, 95% CI [-0.82, -0.14], compared with their respective controls. Additionally, postinstitutionalized children showed higher activity, whereas very preterm/very low birthweight children showed lower shyness. Preterm birth and early institutionalization are similarly associated with poorer effortful control, which might contribute to long-term vulnerability. More research is needed to examine temperamental processes as common mediators of negative long-term outcomes following early adversity.
AB - Both preterm birth and early institutional deprivation are associated with neurodevelopmental impairment - with both shared and distinctive features. To explore shared underlying mechanisms, this study directly compared the effects of these putative risk factors on temperament profiles in six-year-olds: Children born very preterm (<32 weeks gestation) or at very low birthweight (<1500 g) from the Bavarian Longitudinal Study (n = 299); and children who experienced >6 months of deprivation in Romanian institutions from the English and Romanian Adoptees Study (n = 101). The former were compared with 311 healthy term born controls and the latter with 52 nondeprived adoptees. At 6 years, temperament was assessed via parent reports across 5 dimensions: effortful control, activity, shyness, emotionality, and sociability. Very preterm/very low birthweight and postinstitutionalized children showed similarly aberrant profiles in terms of lower effortful control, preterm = -0.50, 95% CI [-0.67, -0.33]; postinstitutionalized = -0.48, 95% CI [-0.82, -0.14], compared with their respective controls. Additionally, postinstitutionalized children showed higher activity, whereas very preterm/very low birthweight children showed lower shyness. Preterm birth and early institutionalization are similarly associated with poorer effortful control, which might contribute to long-term vulnerability. More research is needed to examine temperamental processes as common mediators of negative long-term outcomes following early adversity.
KW - behavior regulation
KW - early adversity
KW - institutional deprivation
KW - preterm birth
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85095861495&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1017/S0954579419001457
DO - 10.1017/S0954579419001457
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 31711549
AN - SCOPUS:85095861495
VL - 32
SP - 1524
EP - 1533
JO - Development and Psychopathology
JF - Development and Psychopathology
SN - 0954-5794
IS - 4
ER -
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