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Early psychological development of very preterm and/or low birth weight children: A review of the literature. Delgado-Ríos, Myriam González-Valenzuela, María José Fernández-Molina, Milagros Niños prematuros Niños - Desarrollo Desarrollo cognitivo Madurez afectiva Lenguaje - Adquisición Objective – The aim of this paper is to describe the psychological development in three areas (cognitive, communicative-linguistic and social-emotional domains) of very preterm children and/or low birth weight, aged from 0 to 6 years, to discover if problems exist and if these difficulties remain, decrease or increase over time, up to 6 years of age, through of review of studies done in this population. Materials and methods – Seven databases were searched. The search yielded 975 studies and those related to cognitive, communicative-linguistic and social-emotional development in children without physical problems, ranging in age from birth to 6 years, gestational age less than 32 weeks and/or birth-weight less than 2499 grams were analyzed. Most of the 47 studies analyzed were conducted after 2005, focused on children aged 3-5 years, and compared preterm and full-term infants. Results – The studies agree that preterm children differ in many developmental domains but there is no consensus on others. Several studies found a close association between the three different areas analyzed. Conclusion – Early intervention of preterm and/or low birth weight children is the most important way to prevent and/or reduce academic, communicative and social-emotional (anxiety/depression) problems, and improve long-term adaptation to the environment, self-regulation, communication skills, social competence and academic performance in general. 2025-11-24T12:07:12Z 2025-11-24T12:07:12Z 2025-11-24T12:07:12Z 2015-09-05 journal article González-Valenzuela, M.-J., Fernández-Molina, M., & Delgado-Ríos, M. (2015). Early psychological development of very preterm and/or low birth weight children: A review of the literature. Pediatric Today, 11(2), 93-114. https://hdl.handle.net/10630/40885 10.5457/p2005-114.116 eng http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ open access Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacional University Clinical Hospital Tuzla