Philip A. May|Barbara G. Tabachnick|J. Phillip Gossage|Wendy O. Kalberg|Anna?Susan Marais|Luther K. Robinson|Melanie A. Manning|Jason Blankenship|David Buckley|H. Eugene Hoyme|Colleen M. Adnams
Maternal Factors Predicting Cognitive and Behavioral Characteristics of Children with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
provide analysis multiple predictors cognitive behavioral traits children fetal alcohol spectrum disorders fasdsmultivariate correlation techniques used maternal child data epidemiologic studies community south africa data 561 firstgrade children fetal alcohol syndrome fas partial fas pfas fasd mothers analyzed grouping 19 maternal variables categories physical demographic childbearing drinking used structural equation models sems assess correlates child intelligence verbal nonverbal behaviora first sem using 7 maternal alcohol use variables predict cognitivebehavioral traits statistically significant b 310 p 05 explained 173 variance second model incorporated multiple maternal variables statistically significant explaining 553 variance significantly correlated low intelligence problem behavior demographic b 383 p 05 low maternal education low socioeconomic status ses rural residence maternal physical characteristics b 270 p 05 short stature small head circumference low weight childbearing history alcohol use composites statistically significant final complex model overpowered ses maternal physical traitsalthough analytic techniques amply demonstrated negative effects maternal drinking intelligence behavior highly controlled analysis multiple maternal influences reveals maternal demographics physical traits make significant enabling disabling contribution child functioning fasd