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EFFECT OF INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION (IUGR) ON THE PSYCHOLOGICAL PERFORMANCE OF PRETERM CHILDREN AT PRESCHOOL AGE
Author(s) -
Matilainen Riitta,
Hein Kirsti,
SirenTiusanen Helena
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
journal of child psychology and psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.652
H-Index - 211
eISSN - 1469-7610
pISSN - 0021-9630
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-7610.1988.tb01882.x
Subject(s) - psychology , intelligence quotient , developmental psychology , gestational age , pediatrics , growth retardation , appropriate for gestational age , borderline intellectual functioning , intellectual development , child development , small for gestational age , medicine , cognition , pregnancy , psychiatry , biology , genetics
– The present paper forms part of a larger prospective study and reports on the psychological performance of preterm children ( n = 68) and fullterm control children ( n = 36) at preschool age. Intelligence quotients (IQs) of intrauterine growth retarded (IUGR) preterm children were lower than those of appropriate‐for‐gestational‐age (AGA) preterm children or fullterm controls at preschool age. Specific deficiencies (visuomotor, language) were found in 30 % of the IUGR group and in 9 % of the AGA group. When measuring general intellectual capacity, specific areas of intellectual function should be included by means of appropriate psychological tests, because a child may have a normal IQ but still show specific deficiencies.