Cognitive functioning in 8- to 18-month-old drug-exposed infants
Cognitive functioning in 8- to 18-month-old drug-exposed infants
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DOI:
10.1037/0012-1649.34.3.565
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发表时间:
1998-05-01
影响因子:
4
通讯作者:
Lewis, M
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作者:
Alessandri, SM;Bendersky, M;Lewis, M
This study examined the cognitive functioning in 236 infants at 8 and 18 months of age. Thirty-seven infants were heavily exposed to cocaine in-utero, 30 were lightly exposed, and 169 were not exposed to cocaine. Cognitive functioning was evaluated with the Bayley Scales of Infant Development (2nd ed.; N. Bayley, 1993) at both ages. Infant information processing was also assessed with an infant-controlled habituation procedure. Results indicated that (a) infants of cocaine-abusing women had higher neonatal medical and environmental risk scores; (b) at 8 months, exposure groups did nor differ in Psychomotor Development Index, Mental Development Index (MDI) scores, or recovery to a novel stimulus; and (c) infants heavily exposed to cocaine or high environmental risk had a decrease in MDI scores from 8 to 18 months. These results were obtained when neonatal medical and environmental risk, as well as polydrug exposure, were controlled.