Exploring the Cognitive Development of Children Born to Adolescent Mothers in South Africa

Autor/inn/en	Steventon Roberts, Kathryn J.; Smith, Colette; Toska, Elona; Cluver, Lucie; Wittesaele, Camille; Langwenya, Nontokozo; Shenderovich, Yulia; Saal, Wylene; Jochim, Janina; Chen-Charles, Jenny; Marlow, Marguerite; Sherr, Lorraine
Titel	Exploring the Cognitive Development of Children Born to Adolescent Mothers in South Africa
Quelle	In: Infant and Child Development, 32 (2023) 3, (21 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Steventon Roberts, Kathryn J.) ORCID (Smith, Colette) ORCID (Toska, Elona) ORCID (Cluver, Lucie) ORCID (Shenderovich, Yulia) ORCID (Chen-Charles, Jenny) ORCID (Marlow, Marguerite) ORCID (Sherr, Lorraine)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1522-7227
DOI	10.1002/icd.2408
Schlagwörter	Cognitive Development; Early Parenthood; Adolescents; Mothers; Parent Child Relationship; Foreign Countries; Case Studies; Age Differences; Motor Development; Cognitive Ability; Children; Young Children; Scores; Comparative Analysis; Adults; Intervention; Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS); South Africa; Mullen Scales of Early Learning + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kognitive Entwicklung; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Mother; Mutter; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Ausland; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Motorische Entwicklung; Denkfähigkeit; Child; Kind; Kinder; Frühe Kindheit; Südafrika; Süd-Afrika; Republik Südafrika; Südafrikanische Republik
Abstract	This study explores the cognitive development of children born to adolescent mothers within South Africa compared to existing reference data, and explores development by child age bands to examine relative levels of development. Cross-sectional analyses present data from 954 adolescents (10-19 years) and their first-born children (0-68 months). All adolescents completed questionnaires relating to themselves and their children, and standardized child cognitive assessments (Mullen Scales of Early Learning) were undertaken. Cognitive development scores of the sample were lower than USA reference population scores and relative performance compared to the reference population was found to decline with increasing child age. When compared to children born to adult mothers in the sub-Saharan African region, children born to adolescent mothers (human immunodeficiency virus [HIV] unexposed; n = 724) were found to have lower cognitive development scores. Findings identify critical periods of development where intervention may be required to bolster outcomes for children born to adolescent mothers. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01