concluded that retrospective report may be “less precise” in predicting outcomes. Nevertheless, as detailed above, that retrospective report was related significantly to delayed psychomotor development and slower cognitive processing speed in infants (Jacobson, et al., 2002). The present results cannot address accuracy per se, but do suggest that retrospective report 14 years later may be more sensitive and more valid than antenatal report in predicting teen behavioral outcomes. Ernhart, et al. (1988) also concluded that, compared to antenatal report, retrospective report ~5 years later was as valid, or more valid, when predicting craniofacial and other anomalies associated with prenatal alcohol exposure.
