Journal
JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC PSYCHOLOGY
Volume 35, Issue 2, Pages 209-220Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1093/jpepsy/jsp048
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parenting; prematurity; risk
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- NICHD NIH HHS [HD044163, R01 HD044163, R01 HD044163-03S1] Funding Source: Medline
- NIMHD NIH HHS [MD000506] Funding Source: Medline
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Objective We examined longitudinal associations among neonatal and socioeconomic risks, maternal scaffolding behaviors, and 24-month visual-spatial processing and working memory in a sample of 73 toddlers born preterm or low birthweight (PT LBW). Methods Risk data were collected at hospital discharge and dyadic play interactions were observed at 16-months postterm. Abbreviated IQ scores, verbal/nonverbal working memory, and verbal/nonverbal visual-spatial processing data were collected at 24-months postterm. Results Higher attention scaffolding and lower emotion scaffolding during 16-month play were associated with 24-month verbal working memory scores. A joint significance test revealed that maternal attention and emotion scaffolding during 16-month play mediated the relationship between socioeconomic risk and 24-month verbal working memory. Conclusions These findings suggest areas for future research and intervention with children born PT LBW who also experience high socioeconomic risk.
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