title: Pathways between constitution and competence during the 1st 5 years of life.
abstract: A global measure of newborn constitutional adequacy was found to be positively related to competent functioning at the age of 5-6 years.  In a sample of 15 boys and 5 girls, newborn constitutional adequacy was related to aspects of focused (versus unfocused) activity, outgoingness, cognitive and verbal ability, and motor skill at the early childhood follow-up.  Additionally, some preschool data were available on most of the sample and continuity of competent functioning was traced across the 3 age periods.  Also, hyperactive behaviors at the preschool period had negative implications for functioning in early childhood.
mesh_terms: D002657:Child Development; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003071:Cognition; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006948:Hyperkinesis; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D009048:Motor Skills; D010551:Personality; D010808:Physical Examination; D014705:Verbal Behavior