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.

摘要

对来自西非贝宁的农村儿童在1岁时进行了Mullen早期学习量表（MSEL）的评估，然后在6岁时使用了考夫曼儿童评估电池组（KABC-II）对视觉化的注意力集中测试进行了评估。 （TOVA）和运动能力的Bruininks-Oseretsky检验（BOT-2）（N = 568）。尽管评估人可以用法语获得MSEL和KABC-II，但对母子的指示仍使用Fon的当地语言。对母亲进行了爱丁堡产后抑郁量表（EPDS），考德威尔HOME量表，教育水平和读写能力以及社会经济量表的评估-同样以当地语言（Fon）进行。在调整了孕产妇因素后，MSEL认知复合材料与具有中等影响大小的KABC-II相关，但与TOVA得分无关。多元模型的总体eta平方效应呈中等至强相关（.07至.37）。跨文化适应的幼儿期神经发育评估可以预测学龄儿童的神经心理学认知能力。