ICPS

2023 International Convention of Psychological Science · 2023

A Longitudinal Study of Preterm Infants at 12 and 30 Months: Object Interaction, Joint Engagement, and Cognitive Development

Brussels, Belgium · March 2023

poster · Lifespan Development

  • Qin LIU
    University College London
  • Catalina Suarez Rivera
    University College London
  • Michelle De Haan
    University College London

Abstract

This study examined the features of object interactions and parents’ joint engagement in 20 preterm infants (≤29 weeks' gestation) observed during spontaneous play at 12 months of corrected age and reported that these specific features were longitudinally associated with infants’ cognitive skills at 30 months of corrected age.

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