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Cognitive and socio-emotional development in early preterm children during middle and late childhood: A strategic and neuroimaging study

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01.05.2013
 - 30.04.2014

Background: The number of children born with very low birth weight has increased during the last 3 decades, while survival rates have increased due to improved neonatal management. However, prematurely born children are at increased risk for poor cognitive function and socio-emotional problems. Cognitive deficits among prematurely born children are paralleled by sustained alterations of brain development during childhood. Design and method: Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and Diffusion Tensor Imaging are conducted in children from the sample of the SNSF-study "Sleep, cognitive, and socio-emotional development in preterm children during middle and late childhood" at ages 8-12 years. Three subgroups will be assessed: children with extremely low BW (BW < 1000g), children with very low BW (BW = 1000g - 1499g), and age and gender matched healthy term born controls (BW = 3000g - 3999g). From the precursor study data on the children's sleep, cognitive and socio-emotional development is available. Research questions: 1) Do early preterm children differ from age and gender matched term born controls regarding structural brain development? 2) Do structural differences in brain development mediate differences in cognitive and socio-emotional development? 3) Are structural differences in brain development related with differences in sleep architecture and quantitative sleep-EEG indices in term and preterm children?

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Lemola, Sakari (2015) ‘Long-term outcomes of very preterm birth : Mechanisms and interventions’, European Psychologist, 20(2), pp. 128–137. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1027/1016-9040/a000207.

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Vogler, Nicole et al. (2014) ‘Sleep, aggression, and psychosocial adjustment in male prisoners’, Swiss journal of psychology, 73(3), pp. 167–176. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1024/1421-0185/a000137.

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Lahti, Marius et al. (2013) ‘Trajectories of physical growth and personality dimensions of the five-factor model’, Journal of personality and social psychology, 105(1), pp. 154–69. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1037/a0032300.

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Lemola, Sakari, Ledermann, Thomas and Friedman, Elliot M. (2013) ‘Variability of sleep duration is related to subjective sleep quality and subjective well-being : An actigraphy study’, PLoS ONE, 8(8), p. e71292. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0071292.

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Lemola, Sakari et al. (2013) ‘Control beliefs are related to smoking prevention in prenatal care’, Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, 19(5), pp. 948–52. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2753.2012.01891.x.

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Lemola, Sakari et al. (2013) ‘Optimism and self-esteem are related to sleep : results from a large community-based sample’, International journal of behavioral medicine, 20(4), pp. 567–71. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12529-012-9272-z.

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Lemola, Sakari and Richter, David (2013) ‘The course of subjective sleep quality in middle and old adulthood and its relation to physical health’, Journal of gerontology. Series B. Psychological sciences and social sciences, 68(5), pp. 721–9. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbs113.

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Richter, David and Lemola, Sakari (2013) ‘Institutional rearing is associated with lower general life satisfaction in adulthood’, Journal of research in personality, 48, pp. 93–97. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2013.11.001.

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Perkinson-Gloor, Nadine, Lemola, Sakari and Grob, Alexander (2012) ‘Sleep duration, positive attitude toward life, and academic achievement: The role of daytime tiredness, behavioral persistence, and school start times’, Journal of adolescence, 36(2), pp. 311–8. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.adolescence.2012.11.008.

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Members (5)

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Alexander Grob

Principal Investigator
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Sakari Lemola

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Peter Weber

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Urs Frey

Co-Investigator
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Jacques Schneider

Co-Investigator