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

来自西非贝宁的农村儿童在一岁时使用马伦早期学习量表 (MSEL) 进行评估，然后在六岁时使用考夫曼儿童评估电池 (KABC-II)，即视觉计算机化的注意力变量测试(TOVA) 和运动能力的 Bruininks-Oseretsky 测试 (BOT-2) (N = 568)。虽然 MSEL 和 KABC-II 均以法语提供给评估员，但对母亲/孩子的说明使用 Fon 的当地语言。使用爱丁堡产后抑郁量表 (EPDS)、考德威尔家庭量表、教育水平和识字率以及社会经济量表对母亲进行评估——也以当地语言 (Fon) 进行。在调整母体因素后，MSEL 认知复合材料与 KABC-II 相关，具有中等效应大小，但与 TOVA 评分无关。多变量模型的总体 eta 平方效应具有中度至强相关性（0.07 至 0.37）。适应跨文化的幼儿期神经发育评估可预测学龄期神经心理认知能力。