Title
Social Lifestyle, Risk-taking Behavior, and Psychopathology in Young Adults Born Very Preterm or with a Very Low Birthweight
Author
Hille, E.T.M.
Dorrepaal, C.
Perenboom, R.
Gravenhorst, J.B.
Brand, R.
Verloove-Vanhorick, S.P.
TNO Kwaliteit van Leven
Publication year
2008
Abstract
Objective: To assess social lifestyle, risk-taking behavior, and psychopathology in young adults born very preterm or with a very low birthweight. Study design: This study was part of the 19-year follow-up in a large ongoing collaborative study in the Netherlands (the POPS study) on the long-term outcome of prematurity and dysmaturity. 656 adolescents from the POPS study without serious handicap were compared with peers in the general population in lifestyle, risk-taking behavior, psychopathology, and social participation. Results: Adolescents from the POPS study smoked significantly less than their peers. Compared with their peers, boys from the POPS study consumed alcohol less often, and girls from the POPS study consumed alcohol approximately as often. Lifetime drug-use was significantly lower than in the reference group. With the exception of fare-dodging, criminal behavior in POPS adolescents was significantly lower than in control subjects. Boys had more trouble in establishing a relationship. The clinical psychopathology reported by POPS subjects was not significantly higher than in control subjects. Conclusion: Adolescents born very preterm or with a very low birthweight without serious disabilities engaged less in risk-taking behavior, did not show more psychopathology, but had more difficulties in establishing social contacts. The latter might be attributable to a more prominent internalizing behavior. © 2008 Mosby, Inc. All rights reserved.
Subject
Healthy for Life
Health
Healthy Living
Zorginnovatie
adolescent
adult
alcohol consumption
article
cigarette smoking
controlled study
criminal behavior
drug use
dysmaturity
female
high risk behavior
human
lifestyle
longitudinal study
major clinical study
male
mental disease
Netherlands
outcome assessment
peer group
prematurity
priority journal
self report
sex difference
sexual behavior
social interaction
social life
very low birth weight
Adult
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Infant, Premature
Infant, Very Low Birth Weight
Life Style
Male
Mental Disorders
Risk-Taking
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpeds.2007.11.041
TNO identifier
240818
ISSN
0022-3476
Source
Journal of Pediatrics, 152 (6)
Document type
article