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Journal of Pediatric Psychology Advance Access published online on August 21, 2007
Journal of Pediatric Psychology, doi:10.1093/jpepsy/jsm067
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Brief Report: Taiwanese Infants' Mental and Motor Development—6–24 Months

Yen-Tzu Wu, PT, MS1, Kuo-Inn Tsou, MD2, Chyong-Hsin Hsu, MD3, Li-Jung Fang, MD, MPH4, Grace Yao, OT, PhD5, Suh-Fang Jeng, PT, ScD1 For Taiwan Infant Developmental Collaborative Study Group

1School and Graduate Institute of Physical Therapy, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, 2School of Medicine, Fu Jen Catholic University, 3Department of Pediatrics, MacKay Memorial Hospital, 4Department of Pediatrics, Branch for Women and Children, Taipei City Hospital and 5Department and Graduate Institute of Psychology, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan

All correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Suh-Fang Jeng, ScD, School and Graduate Institute of Physical Therapy, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Floor 3, No. 17, Xu-Zhou Road, 100 Taipei, Taiwan. E-mail: jeng{at}ntu.edu.tw.


  Abstract

Objectives To establish the normative data of the Bayley Scales of Infant Development—Second Edition (BSID-II) on Taiwanese infants from age 6 to 24 months and to explore the factors that relate to their mental and motor development. Methods Five hundred and seven Taiwanese full-term infants were prospectively examined with the BSID-II at 6, 12, 18, and 24 months of age. Results Taiwanese infants’ Bayley mental and motor raw scores were lower than the United States norms from age 6 to 24 months, however, the discrepancy gradually declined with increasing age. Gender, intrauterine growth status, birth order, region of residence, maternal education, and paternal occupation were shown to have longitudinal associations with their mental and/or motor scores. Conclusions Differences existed in the mental and motor development among Taiwanese and American infants. Our preliminary norms of the BSID-II may be more appropriate than the United States norms for Taiwanese children.

Key words: BSID-II; culture; infants; mental; motor; predictors.

Received September 26, 2006; revision received July 13, 2007; accepted July 25, 2007


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