Development and Temperament in Very Low Birth Weight Infants-The Second Year

Schraeder, Barbara D.; Cooper, Barbara Medoff

doi:10.1097/00006199-198311000-00003

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“…Premature children have also been found to have more temper tantrums at 3-4 years of age (Minde et al, 1989;Prior et al, 1989). Other researchers have reported no differences in neither positive nor negative mood (Crnic et al, 1983;Garcia Coll et al, 1992;Plunkett et al, 1989;Prior et al, 1989;Roth et al, 1984;Schraeder & Medoff Cooper, 1983;Van Beek et al, 1994;Watt, 1987;Wiener et al, 1965). These studies, which cover infancy as well as early childhood, support our results of no observed differences between premature and normally developing children with respect to the temperament dimensions tapping mood (anger, soothability, fear, high intensity pleasure, low intensity pleasure, sadness or smiling and laughter).…”

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confidence: 87%

“…This finding is supported by earlier studies reporting that premature children are less persistent or attentive (Field, Hallock, Ting et al, 1978;Gennaro, Medoff-Cooper & Lotas, 1992;Minde et al, 1989;Schraeder & Medoff Cooper, 1983), and more impulsive (Wiener et al, 1965). Others have found no difference in persistence or duration of orienting (Plunkett et al, 1989;Prior et al, 1989;Roth, Eisenberg & Sell, 1984;Watt, 1987).…”

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confidence: 69%

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Temperament in children with Down syndrome and in prematurely born children

Nygaard

Smith

Torgersen

2002

Scandinavian J Psychology

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Parents of three groups of children completed the Children's Behavior Questionnaire (CBQ). Participants were children with Down syndrome aged 4-11 years (n = 55), prematurely born children aged 5 years (n = 97), and a group of normally developing kindergarten children 5-7 years of age (n = 91). Mean levels and factor structures on the CBQ were compared between the three groups. The children with Down syndrome had less attentional focusing and expressed less inhibitory control and less sadness than the normally developing children. There were also group differences in temperament structures, especially a clearer emotional factor of "surgency" among the children with Down syndrome. The only significant difference in mean temperament scores between the premature children and the control group was that the former evinced less attentional focussing. The temperament structures in the Norwegian samples were very similar to those reported in earlier studies, conducted in China and the US.

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Section: Premature Childrensupporting

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Temperament in children with Down syndrome and in prematurely born children

Nygaard

Smith

Torgersen

2002

Scandinavian J Psychology

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“…At six months, the VLBW infants were found to be less adaptable and more intense and, at 12 months, they were less persistent than the infants in the normative sample (Medoff-Cooper, 1986). As toddlers and preschoolers, they continued to display lower persistence, in addition to being arrhythmic (Schraeder & Medoff-Cooper, 1983;Schraeder & Tobey, 1989). Low adaptability was also evident during the preschool years (Schraeder & Tobey, 1989).…”

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Temperament Theory and Research

McClowry

1992

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Astute nurse clinicians are constantly assessing the responses of their patients and then using that information to plan their subsequent interactions and interventions. Nurses who adjust the manner in which they deal with patients recognize that individual characteristics need to be respected if the desired effects of intervention are to be achieved. However, unless nurses can articulate how those assessments and adjustments in their care are determined, their wisdom and experience cannot be communicated to other care providers, nor can they participate with their colleagues in a formalized evaluation of the effectiveness of their approach.

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“…Infants who are born with very low birth weight may exhibit difficult behavioral styles (Medoff-Cooper, 1986;Schraeder & Medoff-Cooper, 1983). They differ from normal birth weight peers on the temperament dimensions of distractibility, adapatability, mood, and approach (Spungen & Farren, 1986).…”

Section: Temperament and Very Low Birth Weightmentioning

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“…They differ from normal birth weight peers on the temperament dimensions of distractibility, adapatability, mood, and approach (Spungen & Farren, 1986). As toddlers they are arrhythmic and nonpersistent (Medoff-Cooper & Schraeder, 1982;Schraeder & Medoff-Cooper, 1983). There is evidence that very low birth weight infants continue to be arrhythmic, nonpersistent and nonadaptable in style through 48 months of age (Schraeder & Tobey, 1989).…”

Section: Temperament and Very Low Birth Weightmentioning

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Temperament, Behavior Problems, and Learning Skills in Very Low Birth Weight Preschoolers

Schraeder

Heverly²,

Rappaport³

1990

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The relationship between temperament, behavior problems, and learning skill abilities in preschool children who were born with very low birth weight (VLBW) is described. Subjects were 37 4-year-olds who weighed less than 1,500 grams at birth, were appropriate for gestational age, and free from congenital anomalies (M birth weight = 1,201 grams). Data were gathered when the children were 48 months chronological age and analyzed using point biserial and Pearson product moment correlation, chi square, and MANOVA. Temperament characteristics of rhythmicity, intensity, and persistence were related to behavior problems and learning skill abilities. Mothers reported more children with behavior problems than expected in the general population. Children with four or more behavior problems had significantly lower skill achievement scores than children with fewer behavior problems.

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Development and Temperament in Very Low Birth Weight Infants-The Second Year

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Temperament in children with Down syndrome and in prematurely born children

Temperament in children with Down syndrome and in prematurely born children

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