Paths of cognitive and social-emotional delays before age three in rural China: Predictive power on skills at preschool age.

ABSTRACT: Cognitive and social-emotional development in the first three years of life is associated with later skills. However, little is known about the paths of developmental delays in both cognitive and social-emotional skills before age 3 or to what extent these paths predict later developmental outcomes. The aim of this study is to examine the associations between the different paths of developmental delays in both cognitive and social-emotional skills of children before age 3 and the levels of development of the children when they are preschool age. Using a longitudinal data collected at three time points from 1245 children and their caregivers in rural China, we identified four different paths of developmental delays in cognitive and social-emotional before age 3 and examined how these paths

SUBMITTER: Wang L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11379282 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature