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2007
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International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology
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Eva Moehler et al., « Postnatal medical complications and behavioral inhibition in the offspring », International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology, ID : 10670/1.t1q5rk
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"It has been suggested than behavioral inhibition is an important temperamental predictor for child, adolescent and even adult emotional development. Accordingly, the aim of this experimental study was to investigate the impact of pre, peri-, and postnatal complications on behavioral inhibition. Toddlers' behavioral inhibition was measured in a standardized laboratory procedure at 14 months postnatal age in 101 children. Medical complications were assessed by the Rutter Scales filled in by the examiner from in-patient records and the routine out-patient pregnancy documentations. Inclusion criteria were a birth weight above 2500g, gestational age 37 weeks or older and all APGAR scores had to be above 7. Postnatal complications assessed comprised icterus neonatorum, disorders of adaptation, infectious diseases and others. Medical complications in the postnatal but not pre-or perinatal period proved to significantly increase behavioral inhibition at fourteen months postnatal age. Preventive efforts for infant and child emotional development should take into consideration that children with neonatal complications appear to be at higher risk for internalising disorders in later life."