title: Predictive indicators for adjustment in 4-year-old children whose mothers used amphetamine during pregnancy.
abstract: Psychosocial factors that could be used as predictive indicators for adjustment of 4-year-old children whose mothers had used amphetamine during pregnancy were studied by means of simple and multivariate correlation analyses. The following statistically significant correlations were found: Length of maternal alcohol and drug abuse during pregnancy was correlated negatively with the child's adjustment as were numbers of paternal criminal convictions, number of stress factors of the mother, and number of earlier children born to the mother. Paternal criminality was associated with the outcome, regardless of amount of contact between father and child.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, St. Göran's Children's Hospital, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Billing
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Eriksson
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Steneroth
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Zetterström
mesh_terms: D000661:Amphetamine / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000139:chemically induced*; D002657:Child Development / Q000187:drug effects; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011297:Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D012917:Social Adjustment; D012931:Social Environment; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000150:complications*
chemical_list: D000661:Amphetamine