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AUTHOR
Maria ÁNgeles Cerezo
An intervention focused on maternal sensitivity enhanced mothers' verbal responsiveness to infants
Abstract We investigated the effectiveness of an intervention aimed at enhancing maternal sensitivity on mothers' verbal responsiveness to infants. Forty-four mothers from low-income, Brazilian homes and their 3-month-old infants were randomly assigned to intervention (n = 22) and comparison (n = 22) groups. The intervention spanned eight monthly home visits, during which mothers were trained to acknowledge and respond to infants' behaviors. Maternal verbal responsiveness was assessed during dyadic free play when infants were 11 and 18 months old. We computed the probability that mothers would follow infants' behaviors with verbal unimodal (only verbal) or multimodal (simultaneous verbal an…
El impacto psicológico del maltrato: primera infancia y edad escolar
ResumenLas situaciones de maltrato infantil revelan una gravisima disfuncion en la matriz relacional de la familia en la que se produce el normal desenvolvimiento del cumplimiento de tareas evolutivas del nino. En consecuencia, el maltrato infantil amenaza y afecta el desarrollo de la competencia del nino (socio-cognitiva, emocional, comportamental). El proposito de este estudio de revision es ofrecer desde un enfoque evolutivo y relacional las facetas en las que se manifiesta el impacto psicologico del maltrato en primera infancia y en edad escolar. Integrando areas de investigacion diversas, se presentan aproximaciones teoricas que dan cuenta de procesos o mecanismos por los que las pauta…
Efecto de la dosis de intervención del Programa de Apoyo Psicológico P/Materno Infantil© sobre las madres y sus bebés
This paper presents an analysis of the intervention dose-effect of the Parent Child Psychological Support Program© (Cerezo 1990) a program aimed at promoting protective adaptive system in children which is offered to all new-borns in a given catchment area. The program offers support to parents during the first 18 months of the baby's life. The program dose-effect is examined regarding the parents by examining the level of distress reported by them and with babies by examining the development of attachment using the Strange Situation test of Ainsworth et al. (1978). The study is based on 342 families who made between 2 and 4 visits to the Program before being evaluation post-intervention. T…
Effects of a short video feedback intervention on enhancing maternal sensitivity and infant development in low-income families
This study evaluated the effects of a short video feedback intervention aimed at enhancing maternal sensitivity and the development of infants from low-income families in a randomized controlled trial. Forty-four mother-infant dyads living in low-income communities from Salvador, Brazil were randomly assigned between intervention and control groups. Maternal sensitivity was assessed during free-play and infant development was evaluated with a standardized scale. Intervention took place in eight home visits between the infant's third and tenth month. Results showed mothers in the intervention group interpreted the meaning of their infants' behavior more often (r = 0.33), asked babies more qu…