Attachment, self-esteem, and psychomotor development in extremely premature children at preschool age
(1998) Infant Mental Health Journal — Vol. 19, n° 4, p. 394-408 (1998)
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- The aim of the study was to evaluate concomitantly self-esteem and model of attachment to the mother in extremely premature (24–28 weeks of gestation) and full-term children, in relation to the child's variables (neonatal condition, gender, cognitive development) and family variables (family adversity, socioeconomic status). Forty-two extremely premature and 27 fullterm children were assessed at 5 years 9 months. For the premature children, neonatal status and developmental quotient (DQ) at 18 months were also obtained. Premature and fullterm children did not differ in attachment and self-esteem categories. For all subjects, IQ at 5 years 9 months differed significantly across self-esteem categories. Seventy percent of premature children who showed a decrease in IQ from 18 months to 5 years 9 months had a negative self-esteem. In the premature group, DQ at 18 months was lower for the children that were categorized at 5 years 9 months with nonsecure attachment to the mother. Attachment appeared sensitive to early neuromotor impairments, and self-esteem to the developmental level at the time of the evaluation.
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Department of Psychiatry, Sainte-Justine Hospital
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Wintgens, A., Lépine, S., Lefebvre, F., Glorieux, J., Gauthier, Y., & Robaey, P. (1998). Attachment, self-esteem, and psychomotor development in extremely premature children at preschool age. Infant Mental Health Journal, 19(4), 394-408. https://doi.org/10.1002/(sici)1097-0355(199824)19:4<394::aid-imhj3>3.0.co;2-e (Original work published 1998)