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Behavioral Patterns in Full-Term and Preterm Twins

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2014

Marilyn L. Riese
Marilyn L. Riese*
Affiliation:
Health Sciences Center, School of Medicine, University of Louisville, Kentucky
*
Child Development Unit, Department of Pediatrics, Health Sciences Center, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40292, USA

Abstract

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Scores from a behavioral assessment of 160 stable preterm newborn twins were compared with those obtained from 120 full-term newborn twins. The twins were examined during various activities to obtain representative samples of behavior in the following behavioral categories: irritability, resistance to soothing, reactivity, reinforcement value, and activity level. Within-pair correlations were found in all of the behavioral categories, suggesting a constitutional influence on behavioral patterns during the neonatal period. The preterm infants demonstrated internal consistency of behavior similar to that of the full-term group in the first three categories. However, group differences were found when comparing the preterm with the full-term infants on actual ratings of the items. Behavioral differences between these full-term and preterm twins were comparable to those published for samples of singleton infants.

Keywords

Newborn twinsNeonatal behaviorPreterm behaviorTwin concordanceTwin assessment
Type
Research Article
Information
Acta geneticae medicae et gemellologiae: twin research , Volume 32 , Issue 3-4 , July 1983 , pp. 209 - 220
Copyright
Copyright © The International Society for Twin Studies 1983

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