The importance of parents' concerns about their child's development
F. P. Glascoe, W. A. Altemeier and W. E. MacLean
Department of Pediatrics, George Peabody College for Teachers, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tenn.
Parents are often concerned about their child's development, but it is
unknown whether concerns indicate actual developmental problems. Pilot
studies within 96 families showed that parents' concerns about their
children's development took the form of value judgments, could be
classified into commonly accepted developmental domains, and related to
performance on screening tests. In our study, 100 families seeking
pediatric care were asked to list any concerns about their child's
development while their children received developmental screening. Eighty
percent of the children who failed screening had parents with concerns
about articulation, language, fine-motor skills, or global development.
Ninety-four percent of the children who passed screening had parents with
no concerns or concerns in other developmental areas. The types of concerns
parents raised did not vary significantly with level of education,
experience in child rearing, or other demographic variables. These results
suggest that parental concerns may be a helpful adjunct to standardized
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