TY - JOUR
T1 - Environmental influences on mouthing in children with lead intoxication
AU - Madden, Nancy A.
AU - Russo, Dennis C.
AU - Cataldo, Michael F.
N1 - Funding Information:
'This research was supported in part by Grant 917 from the Maternal and Child Health Service, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. The project was a joint effort of the Department of Behavioral Psychology of the John F. Kennedy Institute and the Behavioral Medicine Program of the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. The authors express their gratitude to Nicki Ozbek, Yula Ponticas, Cindee Bessman, and Rebecca Johnson for their participation as observers, and to J. Julian Chisholm, MD for his review of the manuscript. 'Now at the University of Maryland Medical School, Baltimore, Maryland. •Now at Children's Hospital Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts. 'All correspondence should be addressed to Michael F. Cataldo, Department of Behavioral Psychology, John F. Kennedy Institute, 707 North Broadway, Baltimore, Maryland 21203.
PY - 1980/6
Y1 - 1980/6
N2 - The relationship of mouthing behavior to different environmental conditions was evaluated for three young children with asymptomatic lead poisoning. Specifically, the amount of mouthing; involvement with materials, adults, and other children; and noninvolvement were measured across daily sessions in three environments: group play, individual impoverished play, and individual enriched play, using an interval-recording system. For each of the children, the results indicated that mouthing was exhibited significantly more in the impoverished setting as compared to either group play or individual enriched environments. The results suggested that simple environmental enrichment may hold promise in the reduction of mouthing and pica. Further research evaluating procedures for reduction of mouthing and pica is suggested.
AB - The relationship of mouthing behavior to different environmental conditions was evaluated for three young children with asymptomatic lead poisoning. Specifically, the amount of mouthing; involvement with materials, adults, and other children; and noninvolvement were measured across daily sessions in three environments: group play, individual impoverished play, and individual enriched play, using an interval-recording system. For each of the children, the results indicated that mouthing was exhibited significantly more in the impoverished setting as compared to either group play or individual enriched environments. The results suggested that simple environmental enrichment may hold promise in the reduction of mouthing and pica. Further research evaluating procedures for reduction of mouthing and pica is suggested.
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U2 - 10.1093/jpepsy/5.2.207
DO - 10.1093/jpepsy/5.2.207
M3 - Article
C2 - 7452433
AN - SCOPUS:0019304004
SN - 0146-8693
VL - 5
SP - 207
EP - 216
JO - Journal of pediatric psychology
JF - Journal of pediatric psychology
IS - 2
ER -