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Risk factors and resilience in the developing world: One of many lessons to learn

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 August 2007

Elena L. Grigorenko ,
Linda Jarvin ,
Bestern Kaani ,
Paula Pule Kapungulya ,
Jonna Kwiatkowski  and
Robert J. Sternberg
Elena L. Grigorenko
Affiliation:
Yale University and Moscow State University
Linda Jarvin
Affiliation:
Tufts University
Bestern Kaani
Affiliation:
University of Zambia
Paula Pule Kapungulya
Affiliation:
National Assembly of Zambia
Jonna Kwiatkowski
Affiliation:
Emmanuel College
Robert J. Sternberg
Affiliation:
Tufts University
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Abstract

This article summarizes the results of an intervention study with approximately 4,000 Zambian children, in which risk of helminth infection and related health problems were ameliorated with medication and micronutrient and vitamin supplementation. The results of this intervention were tracked with a newly developed cognitive assessment battery for Zambian school children in Grades 3–7. The quantification of cognitive functioning manifested after the intervention indicated treatment-related improvements in the cognitive skill of following instructions. This skill is fundamental to success in school. It constitutes an important indicator of resilience in overcoming difficulties related to growing up and being educated under the pressure of the multiple risk factors characteristic of the developing world.

Type
Research Article
Information
Development and Psychopathology , Volume 19 , Issue 3 , June 2007 , pp. 747 - 765
Copyright
© 2007 Cambridge University Press

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