ERIC Number: EJ1455437
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025-Jan
Pages: 19
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0009-3920
EISSN: EISSN-1467-8624
Beyond Average Outcomes: A Latent Profile Analysis of Diverse Developmental Trajectories in Preterm and Early Term-Born Children from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study
Child Development, v96 n1 p36-54 2025
Preterm birth poses a major public health challenge, with significant and heterogeneous developmental impacts. Latent profile analysis was applied to the National Institutes of Health Toolbox performance of 1891 healthy prematurely born children from the Adolescent Brain and Cognitive Development study (970 boys, 921 girls; 10.00 ± 0.61 years; 1.3% Asian, 13.7% Black, 17.5% Hispanic, 57.0% White, 10.4% Other). Three distinct neurocognitive profiles emerged: consistently performing above the norm (19.7%), mixed scores (41.0%), and consistently performing below the norm (39.3%). These profiles were associated with lasting cognitive, neural, behavioral, and academic differences. These findings underscore the importance of recognizing diverse developmental trajectories in prematurely born children, advocating for personalized diagnosis and intervention to enhance care strategies and long-term outcomes for this heterogeneous population.
Descriptors: Child Development, Premature Infants, Cognitive Development, Scores, Academic Achievement, Public Health, Profiles, Behavior Patterns, Brain Hemisphere Functions, Intervention, Clinical Diagnosis, Adolescents, Screening Tests
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
Sponsor: National Institutes of Health (NIH) (DHHS)
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Grant or Contract Numbers: DA055338; ES03229; K99MH133978; MH122447; MH125870; MH126468