TY - JOUR

T1 - Developmental change in full- and preterm infants between the ages of three and nine months in institutions with different caregiving environments

AU - Muhamedrahimov, Rifkat J.

AU - Chernego, Daria I.

AU - Vasilyeva, Marina J.

AU - Palmov, Oleg I.

AU - Vershinina, Elena A.

AU - Nikiforova, Natalia V.

AU - McCall, Robert B.

AU - Groark, Christina J.

N1 - Funding Information: This study was funded by grant HD39017 from the Eunice Shriver Kennedy National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (to R.B. McCall and C.J. Groark). The analyses and preparation of the paper was supported by grant 14.W01.17.460-MK from the Presiden t of the Russian Federation for governmental support of young Russian researchers (to D.I. Chernego). The interpretations presented in this article are those of the authors, not the funder. Funding Information: This study was funded by grant HD39017 from the Eunice Shriver Kennedy National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (to R.B. McCall and C.J. Groark). The analyses and preparation of the paper was supported by grant 14.W01.17.460-MK from the President of the Russian Federation for governmental support of young Russian researchers (to D.I. Chernego). The interpretations presented in this article are those of the authors, not the funder Publisher Copyright: © Lomonosov Moscow State University, 2018. Copyright: Copyright 2018 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.

PY - 2018

Y1 - 2018

N2 - Background. Studies of children raised in institutions have shown that they are at substantial risk in various domains of functioning, but these studies have not examined the children's developmental change at the very early period of institutionalization. Objective. The main aim of this study was to examine the behavioral development of institutionalized infants between three and nine months of life as a function of their birth circumstances and the nature of their institutional care. Design. General behavioral development was studied in 58 (34 males) infants from two St. Petersburg (Russian Federation) institutions (Baby Homes, BH). The infants were divided into four groups according to 1) their gestational age-full-term children (FCh) of 37-41 weeks gestational age, or preterm children (PCh) of 30-36 weeks gestational age; and 2) the type of institutional care environment-either the typical socio-emotionally depriving, non-intervention Baby Home (NoI BH), or an institution that had undergone a program of training plus structural changes intervention (T+SC BH). All the children were assessed at approximately three and nine months of age with the Battelle Development Inventory (BDI; LINK Associates, 1988). Results. Both the FCh and PCh children from the NoI BH displayed significant declines in their BDI Total scores between three and nine months, whereas only the FCh children in T+SC BH improved over this period of time. In general, the FCh group had higher mean BDI Total developmental quotients (DQs) than the PCh group, and children from the T+SCh BH displayed higher scores than children from the NoI institution. Conclusion. Thus, the current study showed that the impact of spending their early months in an institution on infants' development depends on the gestational age of children and the type of institutional care environment.

AB - Background. Studies of children raised in institutions have shown that they are at substantial risk in various domains of functioning, but these studies have not examined the children's developmental change at the very early period of institutionalization. Objective. The main aim of this study was to examine the behavioral development of institutionalized infants between three and nine months of life as a function of their birth circumstances and the nature of their institutional care. Design. General behavioral development was studied in 58 (34 males) infants from two St. Petersburg (Russian Federation) institutions (Baby Homes, BH). The infants were divided into four groups according to 1) their gestational age-full-term children (FCh) of 37-41 weeks gestational age, or preterm children (PCh) of 30-36 weeks gestational age; and 2) the type of institutional care environment-either the typical socio-emotionally depriving, non-intervention Baby Home (NoI BH), or an institution that had undergone a program of training plus structural changes intervention (T+SC BH). All the children were assessed at approximately three and nine months of age with the Battelle Development Inventory (BDI; LINK Associates, 1988). Results. Both the FCh and PCh children from the NoI BH displayed significant declines in their BDI Total scores between three and nine months, whereas only the FCh children in T+SC BH improved over this period of time. In general, the FCh group had higher mean BDI Total developmental quotients (DQs) than the PCh group, and children from the T+SCh BH displayed higher scores than children from the NoI institution. Conclusion. Thus, the current study showed that the impact of spending their early months in an institution on infants' development depends on the gestational age of children and the type of institutional care environment.

KW - Development

KW - Full-term (FCh) and preterm (PCh) infants

KW - Institutions

KW - Intervention

KW - Time

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U2 - 10.11621/pir.2018.0311

DO - 10.11621/pir.2018.0311

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:85055967315

VL - 11

SP - 152

EP - 167

JO - Psychology in Russia: State of the Art

JF - Psychology in Russia: State of the Art

SN - 2074-6857

IS - 3

ER -