The development of executive function in children exposed to alcohol in utero: An exploratory study.

Description

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<p align="left">The study made use of cross-sectional design that compared the performance of younger children (6- to 7-year-olds) with that of older children (12- to 13-year-olds) on various measures of executive function. Within this, it made use of a natural experimental design, with children exposed to alcohol<i><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> as the experimental group and non-exposed children as the control group.</font></i></p>
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Tags

Foetal alcohol syndrome (FAS)

Prenatal exposure to alcohol

Executive function

Development

Developmental delays

Children

Western Cape Province

Cross-sectional study

Exploratory research

NEPSY.

Additional Fields

Identifer	oai:union.ndltd.org:UNWC/oai:UWC_ETD:http%3A%2F%2Fetd.uwc.ac.za%2Findex.php%3Fmodule%3Detd%26action%3Dviewtitle%26id%3Dgen8Srv25Nme4_7373_1262720094
Date	January 2008
Creators	Badenhorst, Tania.
Source Sets	Univ. of Western Cape
Language	English
Detected Language	English
Type	Thesis and dissertation
Format	Pdf
Coverage	ZA
Rights	Copyright: University of the Western Cape