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Pathways between constitution and competence during the 1st 5 years of life
Author(s) -
Inoff Gale E.,
Halverson Charles F.,
Allen Martin G.,
Cohen Donald J.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
developmental psychobiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.055
H-Index - 93
eISSN - 1098-2302
pISSN - 0012-1630
DOI - 10.1002/dev.420130210
Subject(s) - psychology , developmental psychology , competence (human resources) , early childhood , cognitive skill , cognition , late childhood , social psychology , psychiatry
A global measure of newborn constitutional adequacy was found to be positively related to competent functioning at the age of 5–6 years. In a sample of 15 boys and 5 girls, newborn constitutional adequacy was related to aspects of focused (versus unfocused) activity, outgoingness, cognitive and verbal ability, and motor skill at the early childhood follow‐up. Additionally, some preschool data were available on most of the sample and continuity of competent functioning was traced across the 3 age periods. Also, hyperactive behaviors at the preschool period had negative implications for functioning in early childhood.