Purpose The existing literature on language outcomes in children born prematurely focuses
almost exclusively on standardized test scores rather than discourse-level abilities. The …

Victimization by peers affects 10 to 20% of school children under the age of 12 years.
Physical, verbal, and psychological victimization (being pushed, hit, called names, teased …

Children born very prematurely are at risk of low average IQ and behaviour difficulties
throughout childhood and adolescence. Associations among preterm birth, IQ and …

Objective Very preterm children have poorer attentional, behavioral and emotional
functioning than term-born children. Problems on these domains have been linked to poorer …

Objective To determine whether item groupings derived from the Bayley Infant
Neurodevelopmental Screener (BINS) are stable and predictive of 36-month cognitive and …

BACKGROUND: There is little information available concerning behavioural and functional
health problems in children who had bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD). AIM: To compare …

Purpose. To compare three dimensions of social adjustment (social status, friendship and
victimization) across four groups of children between the ages of nine and 12 who differ by …

Background Literature has evidenced behavioral and socio-emotional problems in preterm
children, as well as long-term difficulties to establish and maintain social relationships in …

Poor executive function (EF) has been linked to attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder
(ADHD). Children born at extremely low birth weight (ELBW;< 1000 g) have been found to …

Background Preterm infants are at greater risk of language delay. Early identification of
language delay is essential to improve functional outcome in these children. Aim To …