TY - JOUR
T1 - Developmental outcome of very low birth weight infants as a function of biological risk and psychosocial risk
AU - Thompson, Robert J.
AU - Goldstein, Ricki F.
AU - Oehler, Jerri M.
AU - Gustafson, Kathryn E.
AU - Catlett, Ann T.
AU - Brazy, Jane E.
PY - 1994/8
Y1 - 1994/8
N2 - The relative contribution of biological and psychosocial risk factors to developmental outcome of 102 very low birth weight infants (<1500 g) was delineated through 24 months corrected age. Biological risk, assessed by the Neurobiologic Risk Score (NBRS), accounted for significant amounts of variance in Bayley Mental Developmental Index (MDI) and Psychomotor Developmental Index (PDI) at the 6-, 15-, and 24-month assessment points. Psychosocial risk, reflected in maternal appraisals of daily stress, accounted for a significant increment in cognitive outcome (MDI), over and above that accounted for by the NBRS, at each assessment point. Cognitive functioning at each assessment point differed as a function of biological risk and psychosocial risk status. The findings are discussed in terms of maternal stress as a marker of, and salient intervention target for, caregiving environments that can maximize or minimize the effects of biological vulnerability.
AB - The relative contribution of biological and psychosocial risk factors to developmental outcome of 102 very low birth weight infants (<1500 g) was delineated through 24 months corrected age. Biological risk, assessed by the Neurobiologic Risk Score (NBRS), accounted for significant amounts of variance in Bayley Mental Developmental Index (MDI) and Psychomotor Developmental Index (PDI) at the 6-, 15-, and 24-month assessment points. Psychosocial risk, reflected in maternal appraisals of daily stress, accounted for a significant increment in cognitive outcome (MDI), over and above that accounted for by the NBRS, at each assessment point. Cognitive functioning at each assessment point differed as a function of biological risk and psychosocial risk status. The findings are discussed in terms of maternal stress as a marker of, and salient intervention target for, caregiving environments that can maximize or minimize the effects of biological vulnerability.
KW - Biological risk
KW - Developmental outcome
KW - Psychosocial risk
KW - Very low birth weight infants
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/0028491406
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U2 - 10.1097/00004703-199408000-00003
DO - 10.1097/00004703-199408000-00003
M3 - Article
C2 - 7798368
AN - SCOPUS:0028491406
SN - 0196-206X
VL - 15
SP - 232
EP - 238
JO - Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics
JF - Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics
IS - 4
ER -
