title: [The effect of life change events on cognitive and socio-emotional development in early childhood].
abstract: The present study investigates the role of life events of differing durations in the cognitive and social-emotional development of infants. A total of 354 children were examined at the ages of 3 and 24 months and the children's parents were interviewed about the occurrence of live events in this interval. The total number of life events was a significant predictor of changes in the level of cognitive and social-emotional functioning. Changes in the caregiver and marital discord were the best predictors of a child's social-emotional development, and serious illness in the child and changes in the caregiver were the best predictors of a child's cognitive development.
authors.affiliation: Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrische Klinik, Zentralinstitut für Seelische Gesundheit Mannheim.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Ihle
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Löffler
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Esser
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Laucht
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Schmidt
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D002657:Child Development; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004644:Emotions; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007360:Intelligence; D008016:Life Change Events; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D010552:Personality Assessment; D010553:Personality Development; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D012917:Social Adjustment; D012931:Social Environment
vernacular_title: Die Wirkung von Lebensereignissen auf die kognitive und sozial-emotionale Entwicklung im frühen Kindesalter.