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Effects of gestational age and early parenting on children’s social inhibition at 6 years

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Reyes, Lucia M., Jaekel, Julia and Wolke, Dieter (2019) Effects of gestational age and early parenting on children’s social inhibition at 6 years. Children & Society, 6 (7). 81. doi:10.3390/children6070081

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Abstract

Preterm birth (<37 weeks’ gestation) has been associated with problems in social functioning. Whether social inhibition is specifically related to preterm birth and whether early parenting may protect against social inhibition difficulties is unknown. To explore effects of gestational age and early parent–infant relationships on social inhibition, 1314 children born at 26–41 weeks gestational age were studied as part of the prospective Bavarian Longitudinal Study. Early parent–infant relationship quality was assessed postnatally with the parent–infant relationship index. Social inhibition was assessed at age 6 years using an experimental procedure, in which nonverbal and verbal responses were coded into social inhibition categories (disinhibited, normally responsive, inhibited). Multinomial logistic regressions indicated that children with lower gestational age showed more socially disinhibited (nonverbal: OR = 1.27 [95% CI = 1.17–1.40], verbal: OR = 1.23 [95% CI 1.13–1.35]) and inhibited (nonverbal: OR = 1.21 [95% CI = 1.11–1.32], verbal: OR = 1.11 [95% CI = 1.01–1.21]) responses. Good early parent–infant relationships were associated with less verbal disinhibition (OR = 0.70 [95% CI = 0.52–0.93]). Findings suggest that children with lower gestational age are at greater risk to be both socially inhibited and disinhibited. Early parenting affected risk of abnormal social responses. Supporting early parent–infant relationships may reduce preterm children’s risk for social difficulties. View Full-Text

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology
R Medicine > RG Gynecology and obstetrics
Divisions: Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Psychology
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Premature labor, Premature infants -- Development, Prematurely born children , Social skills in children, Social interaction in infants, Parent and infant
Journal or Publication Title: Children & Society
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
ISSN: 0951-0605
Official Date: 28 June 2019
Dates:
DateEvent
28 June 2019Published
25 June 2019Accepted
Volume: 6
Number: 7
Article Number: 81
DOI: 10.3390/children6070081
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Open Access
RIOXX Funder/Project Grant:
Project/Grant IDRIOXX Funder NameFunder ID
PKE24Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschunghttp://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100002347
JUG14Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschunghttp://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100002347
01EP950Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschunghttp://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100002347
01ER080Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschunghttp://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100002347
Open Publishing Support Fund OPSF)University of Tennessee UNSPECIFIED

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