Citation

Marques PR, Pokorni JL, Long T, Teti LO. Am. J. Drug Alcohol Abuse 2007; 33(1): 45-61.

Affiliation

Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation, Calverton, Maryland 20705, USA. marques@pire.org

Copyright

(Copyright © 2007, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/00952990601082647

PMID

17366245

Abstract

This study evaluated cocaine exposure and maternal characteristics as competing predictors of school-age cognitive, achievement, and language performance. One group of 47 exposed 9-year-old children were first studied in an earlier prenatal study. A non-exposed contrast group (n = 46) served as a reference. Maternal measures included: IQ, psychopathology, drugs, demographics, and environment. Child intelligence, language, and achievement scores were inversely related to maternal IQ and depression scores, with cocaine exposure significant secondary or tertiary predictors for many children. Verbal IQ scores of exposed children strongly reflected maternal depression (r = .54) but no such relationship was found among the non-exposed cohort (r = .00).

Language: en