Predictive Indicators for Adjustment in Four-Year-Old Children Whose Mothers Used Amphetamine during Pregnancy

Psychosocial factors as possible predictive indicators for adjustment of four-year-old children whose mothers had used amphetamine during pregnancy were studied. Length of maternal alcohol and drug abuse was correlated negatively with the child's adjustment as were numbers of paternal criminal...

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Published inChild Abuse and Neglect: The International Journal Vol. 12; no. 4; p. 503
Main Author Billing, Lars
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 1988
Subjects
Adjustment (to Environment)
Alcoholism
Criminals
Drug Abuse
Family Problems
Fathers
High Risk Persons
Mothers
Prediction
Stress Variables
Young Children
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Summary:Psychosocial factors as possible predictive indicators for adjustment of four-year-old children whose mothers had used amphetamine during pregnancy were studied. Length of maternal alcohol and drug abuse was correlated negatively with the child's adjustment as were numbers of paternal criminal convictions and number of maternal stress factors. (Author/DB)