Journal article
Parenting behavior at 2 years predicts school-age performance at 7 years in very preterm children
K Treyvaud, LW Doyle, KJ Lee, A Ure, TE Inder, RW Hunt, PJ Anderson
Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines | Published : 2016
DOI: 10.1111/jcpp.12489
Abstract
Background: Parenting influences child development, but it is unclear whether early parenting behavior can influence school-age outcomes in very preterm (VPT) children, and/or if certain groups of VPT children may be more affected by early parenting behavior. These research questions were examined. Methods: Participants were 147 children born <30 weeks’ gestation or birth weight <1250 g and their primary caregiver. At term corrected age (CA), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) was used to determine presence and severity of brain abnormality and medical data collected. High medical risk was defined as the presence of at least one of sepsis, necrotizing enterocolitis, bronchopulmonary dysplasia,..
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Funding Acknowledgements
This work was supported by the National Health and Medical Research Council (Project Grant 237117; Senior Research Fellowship 1081288 to P.J.A); The Royal Women's Hospital Research Foundation; the Brockhoff Foundation; the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute; and the Victorian Government's Operational Infrastructure Support Program. All authors had significant input into the design and analysis of the study, as well as reviewing and revising the manuscript. Author K.T. conceptualized and designed the study, carried out the analyses using original data, drafted the initial manuscript, reviewed and revised the manuscript, and approved the final manuscript as submitted.