Skyn- og hreyfiþroski 90 íslenskra ungbarna mældur með þroskaprófi Bayleys

Abstract

This project is a preliminary study in Iceland on the Bayley Scales of Infant Development, which also provides information regarding the sensori-motor development of Icelandic children aged 6-10 months. Ninety healthy children in three age groups, 6, 8 and 10 months, were tested. Each group consisted of 30 individuals, 15 boys and 15 girls. The study group was chosen at random from children born at the National University Hospital of Iceland from mid-April to mid-July 1987. The 1969 version of the Bayley Scale was used, and two of the three scales applied, i.e. the mental scale and the motor scale. The Icelandic study group scored significantly higher than the US standardization sample on the mental scale (p < 0.001), while the difference was only marginal and not significant for the motor scale. Both scales differentiated well between the age groups (p <0.001). The results of this study stress the need to do research on developmental tests, when they are moved from one cultural environment to another.