Prenatal Risk Predicts Preschooler Executive Function: A Cascade Model

Autor/inn/en	Camerota, Marie; Willoughby, Michael T.
Titel	Prenatal Risk Predicts Preschooler Executive Function: A Cascade Model
Quelle	In: Child Development, 91 (2020) 3, (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Camerota, Marie) ORCID (Willoughby, Michael T.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0009-3920
DOI	10.1111/cdev.13271
Schlagwörter	Prenatal Influences; Risk; Predictor Variables; Preschool Children; Executive Function; Intelligence Quotient; Cognitive Ability; Family Environment; Individual Differences; Cognitive Development + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Pränataler Einfluss; Risiko; Prädiktor; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Intelligenzquotient; Denkfähigkeit; Familienmilieu; Individueller Unterschied; Kognitive Entwicklung
Abstract	Little research has considered whether prenatal experience contributes to executive function (EF) development above and beyond postnatal experience. This study tests direct, mediated, and moderated associations between prenatal risk factors and preschool EF and IQ in a longitudinal sample of 1,292 children from the Family Life Project. A composite of prenatal risk factors (i.e., low birth weight, prematurity, maternal emotional problems, maternal prepregnancy obesity, and obstetric complications) significantly predicted EF and IQ at age 3, above quality of the postnatal environment. This relationship was indirect, mediated through infant general cognitive abilities. Quality of the postnatal home and child-care environments did not moderate the cascade model. These findings highlight the role of prenatal experience as a contributor to individual differences in cognitive development. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01