Pre‐school Children of Amphetamine‐addicted Mothers: I. Somatic and Psychomotor Development
- 1 March 1985
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Acta Paediatrica
- Vol. 74 (2), 179-184
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1651-2227.1985.tb10946.x
Abstract
Children (65) whose mothers took amphetamine during pregnancy were followed since birth. At 4 yr of age their somatic growth and general health did not differ from that of another unselected Swedish population of the same age examined at the Child Health Center [Stockholm, Sweden]. Developmental screening by the Terman Merrill method showed that the group as a whole had a significantly lower IQ (103) than a sampled Swedish group (110). The psychological assessment of the child''s adaptation and emotional wellbeing showed that there were more disturbed children or problem children in the group that had lived partly or all the time with a mother who was still addicted to drugs.Keywords
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