Bottos M, Dalla Barba B, D'Este A, Tronick E Z
Azienda U.S.L. della Citta di Bologna.
J Pediatr Psychol. 1996 Dec;21(6):755-69. doi: 10.1093/jpepsy/21.6.755.
Evaluated the hypothesis that more effective prognosis is achieved by assessing the modifiability of infants' reactions than by evaluating the presence or absence of normal/abnormal reactions. To evaluate this hypothesis the Neurobehavioral Assessment Scale (NAS) was developed. The NAS assesses the extent to which infants can change their responses in functional contexts. The NAS was administered to 102 high-risk infants repeatedly over the first 16 months of life. Analysis confirmed that the modifiability of performance was predictive of outcome significantly earlier in development than scoring the same items in terms of their normalcy or abnormalcy.
通过评估婴儿反应的可调节性比通过评估正常/异常反应的存在与否能获得更有效的预后。为了评估这一假设，开发了神经行为评估量表（NAS）。NAS评估婴儿在功能情境中改变其反应的程度。在102名高危婴儿出生后的前16个月里，对他们反复进行了NAS测试。分析证实，与根据项目的正常或异常进行评分相比，行为表现的可调节性在发育过程中能显著更早地预测结果。
