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Adversity in Infancy and Childhood Cognitive Development: Evidence From Four Developing Countries
Objectives: We investigated whether adverse experiences at age 1 (AE-1) affect the level of and change in cognition during childhood using harmonized data from four developing countries. Methods: Data included children born in 2001/2002 and were followed longitudinally in 2006/2007 and in 2009/2010...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9792379/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36582651 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/ijph.2022.1604503 |
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author | Manalew, W. Samuel Tennekoon, Vidhura S. Lee, Jusung O’Connell, Bethesda Quinn, Megan |
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description | Objectives: We investigated whether adverse experiences at age 1 (AE-1) affect the level of and change in cognition during childhood using harmonized data from four developing countries. Methods: Data included children born in 2001/2002 and were followed longitudinally in 2006/2007 and in 2009/2010 by Young Lives study in Ethiopia, India, Peru, and Vietnam. Childhood cognition was measured using the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test (PPVT) at ages 5 (PPVT-5) and 8 (PPVT-8). We also examined the effect on a change in cognition between age 5–8 (PPVT-Change). The AE-1 scores were constructed using survey responses at age 1. The ordinary least squares regression was used for estimation. Results: We found that children with higher adversities as infants had lower cognition scores at ages 5 and 8. The change in cognition between the two ages was also generally smaller for those with severe adversities at infancy. The negative association between adversities and childhood cognition was strongest for India. Conclusion: The results provide policy relevant information for mitigation of undesirable consequences of early life adversities through timely interventions. |
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spelling | pubmed-97923792022-12-28 Adversity in Infancy and Childhood Cognitive Development: Evidence From Four Developing Countries Manalew, W. Samuel Tennekoon, Vidhura S. Lee, Jusung O’Connell, Bethesda Quinn, Megan Int J Public Health Public Health Archive Objectives: We investigated whether adverse experiences at age 1 (AE-1) affect the level of and change in cognition during childhood using harmonized data from four developing countries. Methods: Data included children born in 2001/2002 and were followed longitudinally in 2006/2007 and in 2009/2010 by Young Lives study in Ethiopia, India, Peru, and Vietnam. Childhood cognition was measured using the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test (PPVT) at ages 5 (PPVT-5) and 8 (PPVT-8). We also examined the effect on a change in cognition between age 5–8 (PPVT-Change). The AE-1 scores were constructed using survey responses at age 1. The ordinary least squares regression was used for estimation. Results: We found that children with higher adversities as infants had lower cognition scores at ages 5 and 8. The change in cognition between the two ages was also generally smaller for those with severe adversities at infancy. The negative association between adversities and childhood cognition was strongest for India. Conclusion: The results provide policy relevant information for mitigation of undesirable consequences of early life adversities through timely interventions. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-12-13 /pmc/articles/PMC9792379/ /pubmed/36582651 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/ijph.2022.1604503 Text en Copyright © 2022 Manalew, Tennekoon, Lee, O’Connell and Quinn. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Public Health Archive Manalew, W. Samuel Tennekoon, Vidhura S. Lee, Jusung O’Connell, Bethesda Quinn, Megan Adversity in Infancy and Childhood Cognitive Development: Evidence From Four Developing Countries |
title | Adversity in Infancy and Childhood Cognitive Development: Evidence From Four Developing Countries |
title_full | Adversity in Infancy and Childhood Cognitive Development: Evidence From Four Developing Countries |
title_fullStr | Adversity in Infancy and Childhood Cognitive Development: Evidence From Four Developing Countries |
title_full_unstemmed | Adversity in Infancy and Childhood Cognitive Development: Evidence From Four Developing Countries |
title_short | Adversity in Infancy and Childhood Cognitive Development: Evidence From Four Developing Countries |
title_sort | adversity in infancy and childhood cognitive development: evidence from four developing countries |
topic | Public Health Archive |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9792379/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36582651 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/ijph.2022.1604503 |
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