Katherine T Baum

Publications (2)4.67 Total impact

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  Available from: Steven R. Howe

  Article: The effect of temperament and neuropsychological functioning on behavior problems in children with new-onset seizures.

  Katherine T Baum, Anna W Byars, Ton J deGrauw, David W Dunn, John E Bates, Steven R Howe, C-Y Peter Chiu, Joan K Austin
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  ABSTRACT: The present study is part of a larger project that seeks to identify factors that predict children's behavioral, social, and cognitive adaptation to epilepsy. Children with seizures are more likely to have internalizing and externalizing behavior problems than either healthy children or children with other chronic illnesses. The present research examines risk factors for behavior problems. Early temperament and neuropsychological functioning, specifically executive function and language abilities, are evaluated as unique and moderating predictors of adverse behavioral outcomes in 229 children with a first recognized seizure. Parents assessed temperament, children were administered neuropsychological tests, and teachers evaluated behavior 36 months after seizure onset. Results revealed that early temperament and neuropsychological functioning, specifically executive function, predicted behavioral outcomes 3 years after seizure onset.
  Epilepsy & Behavior 02/2010; 17(4):467-73. · 2.34 Impact Factor
• Article: Temperament, family environment, and behavior problems in children with new-onset seizures.

  Katherine T Baum, Anna W Byars, Ton J deGrauw, Cynthia S Johnson, Susan M Perkins, David W Dunn, John E Bates, Joan K Austin
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  ABSTRACT: Children with epilepsy, even those with new-onset seizures, exhibit relatively high rates of behavior problems. The purpose of this study was to explore the relationships among early temperament, family adaptive resources, and behavior problems in children with new-onset seizures. Our major goal was to test whether family adaptive resources moderated the relationship between early temperament dimensions and current behavior problems in 287 children with new-onset seizures. Two of the three temperament dimensions (difficultness and resistance to control) were positively correlated with total, internalizing, and externalizing behavior problems (all P<0.0001). The third temperament dimension, unadaptability, was positively correlated with total and internalizing problems (P<0.01). Family adaptive resources moderated the relationships between temperament and internalizing and externalizing behavior problems at school. Children with a difficult early temperament who live in a family environment with low family mastery are at the greatest risk for behavior problems.
  Epilepsy & Behavior 03/2007; 10(2):319-27. · 2.34 Impact Factor