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INTELLECTIVE CHARACTERISTICS OF MOTHERS OF FAILURE TO THRIVE SYNDROME CHILDREN
Author(s) -
HESS ALLEN K.,
HESS KATHRYN A.,
HARD HARRIETTE E.
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
child: care, health and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.832
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1365-2214
pISSN - 0305-1862
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2214.1977.tb00061.x
Subject(s) - failure to thrive , disadvantage , test (biology) , psychology , developmental psychology , pediatrics , medicine , political science , paleontology , law , biology
Summary The intelligence levels of three groups of mothers were ascertained by the vocabulary test of the Stanford—Binet Intelligence Scale. Eight mothers having children diagnosed as failure‐to‐thrive due to non‐organic reasons (FTT‐E), eight mothers with children diagnosed as failure‐to‐thrive due to physically traceable reasons (FTT‐0), and eight mothers with children hospitalized due to reasons other than failure‐to‐thrive (C), were contrasted on intelligence, age, education and the presence or absence of the father in the home. Hypotheses regarding a disadvantage of FTT‐E mothers on the four variables were supported. Implications of the results were discussed regarding programmes dealing with failure‐to‐thrive children and mothers. Further investigation in this area was proposed.