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- Title
EFFECT OF INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION (IUGR) ON THE PSYCHOLOGICAL PERFORMANCE OF PRETERM CHILDREN AT PRESCHOOL AGE.
- Authors
Matilainen, Riitta; Heinonen, Kirsti; Siren-Tiusanen, Helena
- Abstract
- The present paper forms part of a larger prospective study and reports on the psychological performance of preterm children ( n= 68) and fullterm control children ( n= 36) at preschool age. Intelligence quotients (IQs) of intrauterine growth retarded (IUGR) preterm children were lower than those of appropriate-for-gestational-age (AGA) preterm children or fullterm controls at preschool age. Specific deficiencies (visuomotor, language) were found in 30 % of the IUGR group and in 9 % of the AGA group. When measuring general intellectual capacity, specific areas of intellectual function should be included by means of appropriate psychological tests, because a child may have a normal IQ but still show specific deficiencies.
- Publication
Journal of Child Psychology, 1988, Vol 29, Issue 5, p601
- ISSN
0021-9630
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1469-7610.1988.tb01882.x