Temperamental profile and attachment in preterm children with moderate prematurity during the preschool age

2012

Background Preterm birth is characterized by prematurity (functional and organic immaturity related to gestational age <32 weeks) and constitutes not only a risk condition for the child’s survival and the development characteristics after the birth, also represents a specific factor that is responsible for the. Neonatal developmental trajectory is characterized by the interruption of prenatal maturation processes that guide the development of the temperament (Hack, Fanaroff, 1999; Saigal, 2006), as well as the precursors of the attachment bond. In particular, with regard to the temperament, the literature evidences the existence of temperamental profiles characterized by motor restlessness,…