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Individual differences in developmental trajectories of A-not-B performance in infants born preterm
Eva van de Weijer-Bergsma1, Lex Wijnroks, Jan Boom
1Langeveld Institute for the Study of Education and Development in Childhood and Adolescence, University of Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands. e.vandeweijer@uva.nl
Abstract:
Because early executive functioning is a potentially important predictor of developmental delay and learning difficulties in infants born preterm, this study assessed the effect of several perinatal predictors on the development of A-not-B performance between 7 and 14 months corrected age in 76 infants born preterm, and its relationship to subsequent global cognitive functioning. Latent Growth Modeling showed that gestational age was a predictor of initial level, and that birth weight and gender were predictors of the rate of developmental change in A-not-B performance. Moreover, initial level and rate of developmental change in A-not-B performance were predictive of global cognitive functioning.
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