Titre : | Early life predictors of childhood intelligence : evidence from the Aberdeen children of the 1950s study. (2005) |
Auteurs : | LAWLOR (Debbie-A) : GBR. Department of Social Medicine. University of Bristol. ; Gdavid BATTY ; DEARY (Ian-J) : GBR. Department of Psychology. University of Edinburgh. Edinburgh Scotland. ; David-A LEON ; Sally MACINTYRE ; MORTON (Susan-Mb) : NZL. School of Population Health. University of Auckland. Auckland. ; Georgina RONALDS ; London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Department of Epidemiology and Population Health. GBR |
Type de document : | Article |
Dans : | Journal of epidemiology and community health (vol. 59, n° 8, 2005) |
Pagination : | 656-663 |
Langues: | Anglais |
Mots-clés : | Ecosse ; Grande Bretagne ; Royaume Uni ; Europe ; Enfant ; Homme ; Intelligence ; Développement intellectuel ; Europe sociale |
Résumé : | [BDSP. Notice produite par INIST-CNRS FVCtR0xS. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. Objective : To identify the early life predictors of childhood intelligence. Design : Cohort study of 10 424 children who were born in Aberdeen (Scotland) between 1950 and 1956. Results : Social class of father around the time of birth, gravidity, maternal age, maternal physical condition, whether the child was born outside of marriage, prematurity, intrauterine growth, and childhood height were all independently associated with childhood intelligence at ages 7,9, and 11. The effect of social class at birth was particularly pronounced, with a graded linear association across the distribution even with adjustment for all other covariates (p |