[A comparative study on psychological and behavioral development in children aged 1 to 3 years fostered by grandparents and by parents].
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.
Wang
Ping
P
Department of Pediatrics, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an 710032, China. wangping@fmmuedu.cn
Song
Pu
P
Chen
Cai-Ping
CP
Liang
Juan
J
Jian
Fang-Fang
FF
Zhang
Jin-Bao
JB
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