在生命的第一年,为积极的大脑和认知发展提供基本的环境支持
Joan L Luby1, Max P Herzberg1, Caroline Hoyniak1
1Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Washington University in St. Louis, . St Louis, Missouri.
JAMA pediatrics
|March 18, 2024
概括
积极的早期生活环境,被衡量为繁荣因素 (T-因素),增强了儿童到3岁的认知和社会情感发展. 这些环境资源对于支持婴儿勃发展和长期积极发展至关重要.
科学领域:
- 发展心理学 发展心理学
- 儿科 儿科 儿科
- 神经科学是一个神经科学.
背景情况:
- 定义心理社会资源对于儿童发展和政策至关重要.
- 早期的生活经历显著塑造了长期结果.
研究的目的:
- 调查早期环境支持 (T因素) 对儿童发展的影响.
- 评估对大脑,认知和社会情感结果的影响,直到3岁.
主要方法:
- 未来的纵向队列研究 (2017-2022) 在中西部学术医疗中心.
- 包括单独生育的婴儿,贫困过量抽样,从出生到3岁时进行跟踪.
- 分析了T因子 (环境刺激,营养,安全,照顾,睡眠) 和产前社会劣势 (PSD).
主要成果:
- 与认知能力和灰质体积积极相关的T因子,独立于PSD.
- 与语言相关的T因子,但这是PSD调节的.
- T因子与内化和外化症状负面相关,特别是在弱势儿童中.
结论:
- 早期的心理社会环境显著影响认知,大脑和社会情感发展.
- 在第一年增加环境资源可以促进婴儿的繁荣.
- 这些发现支持旨在改善幼儿发展的政策.
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