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The Performance of Children Prenatally Exposed to HIV on the A-Not-B Task in Kilifi, Kenya: A Preliminary Study

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  • Amina Abubakar

    (Neuroassessment, Centre for Geographic Medicine Research, Coast/KEMRI Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Box 230, Kilifi 80108, Kenya
    Department of Cross-Cultural Psychology, Tilburg University, P.O. Box 90153, Tilburg 5000 LE, The Netherlands
    Child and Adolescent Studies, Utrecht University, P.O. Box 80125, Utrecht, Utrecht 3508 TC, The Netherlands)

  • Penny Holding

    (Neuroassessment, Centre for Geographic Medicine Research, Coast/KEMRI Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Box 230, Kilifi 80108, Kenya
    International Centre for Behavioral Studies, P.O. Box 34307, Mombasa 80118, Kenya)

  • Anneloes Van Baar

    (Child and Adolescent Studies, Utrecht University, P.O. Box 80125, Utrecht, Utrecht 3508 TC, The Netherlands)

  • Charles. R. J. C. Newton

    (Neuroassessment, Centre for Geographic Medicine Research, Coast/KEMRI Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Box 230, Kilifi 80108, Kenya
    Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7JX, UK)

  • Fons. J. R. Van de Vijver

    (Department of Cross-Cultural Psychology, Tilburg University, P.O. Box 90153, Tilburg 5000 LE, The Netherlands)

  • Kimberly Andrews Espy

    (Department of Psychology, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403, USA)

Abstract

The aim of the study was to investigate early executive functioning in young children from 6–35 months of age. The study involved 319 randomly selected children from the community, 17 HIV exposed but uninfected children and 31 HIV infected ARV-naive children. A variation of the A-not-B task was used. While there were no group differences in total correct , perseverative errors , nor maximum error run , a significant percentage of children were unable to complete the task as a consequence of the children becoming overtly distressed or refusing to continue. In a multivariate analysis we observed that the significant predictors of non-completion were HIV exposure (both infected and exposed) and being under 24 months of age. These patterns of results indicate that future work with a broader array of tasks need to look at the association of HIV and EF tasks and potential contribution of factors such as emotion regulation, persistence and motivation on performance on EF tasks.

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  • Amina Abubakar & Penny Holding & Anneloes Van Baar & Charles. R. J. C. Newton & Fons. J. R. Van de Vijver & Kimberly Andrews Espy, 2013. "The Performance of Children Prenatally Exposed to HIV on the A-Not-B Task in Kilifi, Kenya: A Preliminary Study," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 10(9), pages 1-11, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:10:y:2013:i:9:p:4132-4142:d:28553
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