title: [A comparative study on psychological and behavioral development in children aged 1 to 3 years fostered by grandparents and by parents].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the differences of psychological and behavioral development between children aged 1 to 3 years fostered by grandparents and those by parents.
  
  
  METHODS
  Psychological and behavioral development of 443 children aged 1 to 3 years fostered by their grandparents and of aged-matched 443 children fostered by their parents were assessed with DST, an intellectual developmental screening test developed by Pediatric Hospital of Fudan University in Shanghai.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The abilities of social adaptation and intelligence development in children fostered by their grandparents were obviously retarded as compared with those in children fostered by their parents.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  There are shortcomings in psychological and behavioral development in children aged 1 to 3 years fostered by grandparents.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an 710032, China. wangping@fmmuedu.cn
authors.forename: Ping
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Pu
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: Cai-Ping
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Juan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Liang
authors.forename: Fang-Fang
authors.initials: FF
authors.lastname: Jian
authors.forename: Jin-Bao
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D002652:Child Behavior; D002657:Child Development; D002668:Child Rearing; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007360:Intelligence; D016901:Intergenerational Relations; D008297:Male; D010290:Parents; D012917:Social Adjustment