Is early childhood development impeded by the birth timing of the younger sibling?

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Title:	Is early childhood development impeded by the birth timing of the younger sibling?
Authors:	Gursimran Dhamrait, Melissa O'Donnell, Hayley Christian, Gavin Pereira
Source:	PLoS ONE, Vol 17, Iss 5, p e0268325 (2022)
Publisher Information:	Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2022.
Publication Year:	2022
Collection:	LCC:Medicine LCC:Science
Subject Terms:	Medicine, Science
More Details:	BackgroundThis study investigated whether the timing of birth of the younger siblings was associated with the risk of the older siblings' developmental vulnerability in early childhood.MethodsLinkage of population-level birth registration, hospital, and perinatal datasets to Australian Early Development Census (AEDC) records (2009-2015), enabled follow-up of a cohort of 32,324 Western Australia born singletons. Children with scores ResultsRelative to post-birth IPIs of 18-23 months, post-birth IPIs of ConclusionsDevelopmental vulnerability was associated with having a closely spaced younger sibling (
Document Type:	article
File Description:	electronic resource
Language:	English
ISSN:	1932-6203
Relation:	https://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203
DOI:	10.1371/journal.pone.0268325
Access URL:	https://doaj.org/article/64a038fdf3bd4fb78917b425f9fc9794
Accession Number:	edsdoj.64a038fdf3bd4fb78917b425f9fc9794
Database:	Directory of Open Access Journals
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