On the Positive Relationship between Breastfeeding & Intelligence

Autor/inn/en	Boutwell, Brian B.; Young, Jacob T. N.; Meldrum, Ryan C.
Titel	On the Positive Relationship between Breastfeeding & Intelligence
Quelle	In: Developmental Psychology, 54 (2018) 8, S.1426-1433 (8 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0012-1649
DOI	10.1037/dev0000537
Schlagwörter	Nutrition; Infants; Intelligence; Correlation; Mothers; Parent Child Relationship; Educational Attainment; Adolescents; Intelligence Tests; Stimulation; Cognitive Development; Structural Equation Models; Verbal Ability; Vocabulary; Cognitive Ability; Cognitive Tests; Achievement Tests; Family Characteristics; Longitudinal Studies; Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test; Woodcock Johnson Psycho Educational Battery + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ernährung; Infant; Toddler; Toddlers; Kleinkind; Intelligenz; Klugheit; Korrelation; Mother; Mutter; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Intelligence test; Intelligenztest; Kognitive Entwicklung; Mündliche Leistung; Wortschatz; Denkfähigkeit; Kognitiver Fähigkeitstest; Achievement test; Achievement; Testing; Test; Tests; Leistungsbeurteilung; Leistungsüberprüfung; Leistung; Testdurchführung; Testen; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung
Abstract	A wealth of literature has examined the association between breastfeeding and the development of cognitive abilities in childhood. In particular, at least some evidence exists suggesting that breastfed children perform better on measures of intelligence later in life. Although a correlation appears to be present, fewer observational studies have included appropriate adjustment for potentially confounding variables; maternal intelligence, maternal education, and cognitive stimulation provided by mothers being chief among them. As a result, we analyze a national sample of approximately 790 American respondents to test the association between breastfeeding and intelligence during childhood and adolescence using multiple intelligence tests and controlling for a range of key covariates. Our results suggest that the correlation between breastfeeding throughout the first six months of life and intelligence is statistically significant and consistent, yet of substantively minor impact. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01