Longitudinalstudie über Wachstum und Entwicklung von früh- und reifgeborenen Kindern von der Geburt bis zum 6. Lebensjahr

The construct validity of the Griffiths Scales of Mental Development

“…Research in South Africa has investigated the ethnic/cultural bias of intelligence tests for children, and many of the results are conflicting, however, there is generally no significant difference in the performance of young children from similar socioeconomic backgrounds, with different ethnic/cultural origins (Fouche 1973, 1974; Crawford‐Nutt 1976; Claassen 1983; Griesel & Richter‐Strydom 1983; Foxcroft 1985; Richter & Griesel 1986; Schlodder 1986; Richter, Oberholzer & Griesel 1987; Turk 1990). International research appears to be recording similar findings (Chan & Lin 1996; Gass, Demsky & Martin 1998; Meesters et al 1998).…”

Human Growth

“…The SGA infants with catch-up growth (group A) also show in their mental development, to date, better results than the SGA in group B without INGEBORG BRANDT b c catch-up of head circumference. Their developmental and intelligence quotients (Griffiths, 1964;Cattell, 1966;Stanford-Binet of Terman and Merrill, 1965) are similar to those of the AGA preterm infants and of the full-term control infants (Brandt and Schrooer, 1976;SchrOder, 1977). From 2 to 48 months there is no significant difference between the groups (p > 0.40).…”

Review article

“…The remaining difference in head circumference of 0.3 cm, between both groups, corresponding to a reduction of brain weight of 28 g, is not significant anymore, p > 0.1. The SGA preterm infants with catch-up growth of head circumference also do not differ in their developmental quotients [48], and intelligence quotients [95] from AGA control infants [8,89]. On the other hand, the test results of those SGA infants without catch-up growth of head circumference are significantly lower, p < 0.0005, compared to AGA control infants [8,89].…”