Maternal Psychological Distress and Appraisal of Parenting Experience Predict Social-Emotional Development of Kenyan Infants

Autor/inn/en	Watts, Sarah E.; Oburu, Paul; Lah, Suncica; Rhodes, Paul; Hunt, Caroline J.
Titel	Maternal Psychological Distress and Appraisal of Parenting Experience Predict Social-Emotional Development of Kenyan Infants
Quelle	In: Early Child Development and Care, 188 (2018) 8, S.1045-1054 (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0300-4430
DOI	10.1080/03004430.2016.1244674
Schlagwörter	Mothers; Emotional Disturbances; Stimulation; Parent Child Relationship; Correlation; Social Development; Emotional Development; Case Studies; Infants; Foreign Countries; Predictor Variables; Intervention; Mental Health; Motor Development; Sampling; Cognitive Development; Nutrition; Child Development; Kenya; Bayley Scales of Infant Development + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mother; Mutter; Gefühlsstörung; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Korrelation; Soziale Entwicklung; Gefühlsbildung; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Infant; Toddler; Toddlers; Kleinkind; Ausland; Prädiktor; Psychohygiene; Motorische Entwicklung; Kognitive Entwicklung; Ernährung; Kindesentwicklung; Kenia
Abstract	This study investigated whether higher maternal psychological distress, lower provision of psychosocial stimulation and a negative appraisal of parenting experience were associated with lower cognitive, motor, social-emotional and adaptive behaviour development in children under 3 years of age in Kenya. A cross-sectional design was used, with 81 caregiver-child dyads recruited through convenience sampling. The mean age of these infants was 8.5 months (SD = 5.6 months, range 23 days to 25.5 months). Higher maternal psychological distress was associated with lower social-emotional development, but not cognitive, motor and adaptive development of a child. Psychosocial stimulation provided by mothers was not related to any developmental outcomes. Maternal psychological distress and appraisal of parenting experience were significant, unique predictors of child social-emotional development. Findings suggest that interventions designed to promote social-emotional development of young children in Kenya should target maternal mental health and enhance confidence and experience of parenting. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01