title: Behavioural adjustment in school of very low birthweight children.
abstract: The school-based behavioural adjustment at 7-8 years of a cohort of 243 prematurely born, very low birthweight (< 1501 g) children and their normal birthweight controls is reported. The findings indicate that the children born preterm (both male and female) were rated by their teachers as expressing more behaviour problems than their controls, and were less well adjusted to the school environment. The deficits noted in the preterms applied across the social classes, with no amelioration noted in preterms of higher social class. It is speculated that the problem behaviours reflect a failure in self-regulatory functions.
authors.affiliation: School of Psychology, Queen's University, Belfast, Northern Ireland.
authors.forename: D H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Sykes
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Hoy
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Bill
authors.forename: B G
authors.initials: BG
authors.lastname: McClure
authors.forename: H L
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Halliday
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Reid
mesh_terms: D001289:Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D002648:Child; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D015331:Cohort Studies; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D019102:Infant, Very Low Birth Weight / Q000523:psychology*; D007389:Internal-External Control; D007859:Learning Disabilities / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D008297:Male; D012917:Social Adjustment; D012923:Social Class