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Lasky, Robert E.; And Others – Child Development, 1981
The behavioral development of rural Guatemalan infants was assessed shortly after birth on a Neonatal Assessment Scale (NAS) and at 6-, 15-, and 24-months-of-age on a Composite Infant Scale (CIS). Summary variables based on NAS performance poorly predicted later assessed performance even as recently as six months after birth. The CIS modestly…
Descriptors: Child Development, Cognitive Development, Foreign Countries, Infant Behavior