Neurodevelopmental assessment at one year of age predicts neuropsychological performance at six years in a cohort of West African Children. Issue 4 (19th May 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Boivin, Michael J.; Zoumenou, Roméo; Sikorskii, Alla; Fievet, Nadine; Alao, Jules; Davidson, Leslie; Cot, Michel; Massougbodji, Achille; Bodeau-Livinec, Florence
• Is Part Of: Child neuropsychology. Volume 27:Issue 4(2021)
• Page Start: 548
• Page End: 571
• Publication Date: 2021-05-19
• Subjects: Child development -- neurocognition -- Mullen scales of early learning -- Kaufman assessment battery for children -- tests of variables of attention -- Africa; Pediatric neuropsychology -- Periodicals; Adolescent psychology -- Periodicals; Child development deviations -- Periodicals; Child psychology -- Periodicals; 618.92805
• DOI: 10.1080/09297049.2021.1876012
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0929-7049

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Rural children from Benin, west Africa were evaluated with the Mullen Scales of Early Learning (MSEL) at one year of age and then at six years with the Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children (KABC-II), the visual computerized Tests of Variables of Attention (TOVA), and the Bruininks-Oseretsky Test (BOT-2) of motor proficiency (N = 568). Although both the MSEL and KABC-II were available to the assessors in French, instructions to the mother/child were in local language of Fon. Mothers were evaluated with the Edinburgh Postpartum Depression Scale (EPDS), Caldwell HOME Scale, educational level and literacy, and a Socio-Economic Scale – also in their local language (Fon). After adjusting for maternal factors, MSEL cognitive composite was correlated with KABC-II with moderate effect sizes, but not with TOVA scores. Overall eta-squared effect for the multivariate models were moderately to strongly correlated (.07 to .37). Neurodevelopmental assessments in early childhood adapted cross-culturally are predictive of school-age neuropsychological cognitive ability.