Biological and Environmental Initial Conditions Shape the Trajectories of Cognitive and Social-Emotional Development across the First Years of Life

Autor/inn/en	Feldman, Ruth; Eidelman, Arthur I.
Titel	Biological and Environmental Initial Conditions Shape the Trajectories of Cognitive and Social-Emotional Development across the First Years of Life
Quelle	In: Developmental Science, 12 (2009) 1, S.194-200 (7 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1363-755X
DOI	10.1111/j.1467-7687.2008.00761.x
Schlagwörter	Depression (Psychology); Emotional Development; Cognitive Development; Environmental Influences; Biology; Child Development; Developmental Stages; Observation; Infants; Young Children; Toddlers; Intelligence; Social Development; Parent Child Relationship; Interpersonal Relationship; Mothers; Parent Influence; Correlation; Age Differences + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Gefühlsbildung; Kognitive Entwicklung; Environmental influence; Umwelteinfluss; Biologie; Kindesentwicklung; Beobachtung; Infant; Toddler; Toddlers; Kleinkind; Frühe Kindheit; Infants; Intelligenz; Klugheit; Soziale Entwicklung; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Mother; Mutter; Korrelation; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied
Abstract	Human development is thought to evolve from the dynamic interchange of biological dispositions and environmental provisions; yet the effects of specific biological and environmental birth conditions on the trajectories of cognitive and social-emotional growth have rarely been studied. We observed 126 children at six time-points from birth to 5 years. Intelligence, maternal sensitivity, and child social engagement were repeatedly tested. Effects of neonatal vagal tone (VT) and maternal postpartum depressive symptoms on growth-rates were assessed. Cognitive development showed a substantial growth-spurt between 2 and 5 years and social engagement increased rapidly across the first year and more gradually thereafter. VT improved cognitive and social-emotional growth-rates across the first year, whereas maternal depressive symptoms interfered with growth from 2 to 5 years. Differences between infants with none, one, or two non-optimal birth conditions increased with age. Findings shed light on the dynamics of early development as it is shaped by biological and environmental initial conditions. (As Provided).
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