• DOI:10.1007/s10802-009-9327-z
Corpus ID: 14298881

Executive Function in Very Preterm Children at Early School Age

@article{AarnoudseMoens2009ExecutiveFI,
  title={Executive Function in Very Preterm Children at Early School Age},
  author={C. Aarnoudse-Moens and D. Smidts and J. Oosterlaan and H. Duivenvoorden and N. Weisglas‐Kuperus},
  journal={Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology},
  year={2009},
  volume={37},
  pages={981 - 993}
}

• C. Aarnoudse-Moens, D. Smidts, +2 authors N. Weisglas‐Kuperus
• Published 2009
• Psychology, Medicine
• Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology

We examined whether very preterm (≤30 weeks gestation) children at early school age have impairments in executive function (EF) independent of IQ and processing speed, and whether demographic and neonatal risk factors were associated with EF impairments. A consecutive sample of 50 children (27 boys and 23 girls) born very preterm (mean age = 5.9 years, SD = 0.4, mean gestational age = 28.0 weeks, SD = 1.4) was compared to a sample of 50 age-matched full-term controls (23 girls and 27 boys, mean… Expand

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