Sensitive, Stimulating Caregiving Predicts Cognitive and Behavioral Resilience in Neurodevelopmentally at-Risk Infants

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dc.contributor.authorJaffee, S. R.
dc.date.accessioned2016-08-19T18:04:08Z
dc.date.available2016-08-19T18:04:08Z
dc.date.issued2007
dc.description.abstractAlthough neurodevelopmental impairment is a risk factor for poor cognitive and behavioral outcomes, associations between early and later functioning are only moderate in magnitude, and it is likely that other factors intervene to modify this trajectory. The current study tested the hypothesis that sensitive, stimulating caregiving would promote positive behavioral and cognitive outcomes among children who were at risk based on the results of a neurodevelopmental screener and a temperament inventory. The sample comprised 1,720 infants and toddlers from the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being, a longitudinal study of children who were involved with child welfare services. Children were first assessed between 3 and 24 months of age and subsequently 18 months later. Children who experienced improvements in the amount of sensitive, stimulating caregiving they received had positive cognitive and behavioral outcomes 18 months later, despite early levels of neurodevelopmental risk. The association between changes in caregiving quality and changes in children’s functioning was stronger for children who were removed from the care of their biological parents before the follow-up assessment than for children who remained in the care of biological parents, suggesting a causal role for caregiving quality on children’s outcomes. (Author Abstracten_US
dc.identifier.citationJaffee, S. R. (2007). Sensitive, Stimulating Caregiving Predicts Cognitive and Behavioral Resilience in Neurodevelopmentally at-Risk Infants. Development and Psychopathology, 19(3), 631-647.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3709833/pdf/nihms487791.pdf
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11212/2906
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherDevelopment and Psychopathologyen_US
dc.subjectchild abuseen_US
dc.subjectchild developmenten_US
dc.subjecthead traumaen_US
dc.subjectbrain injuryen_US
dc.subjecttreatmenten_US
dc.subjectinterventionen_US
dc.subjectresearchen_US
dc.titleSensitive, Stimulating Caregiving Predicts Cognitive and Behavioral Resilience in Neurodevelopmentally at-Risk Infantsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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