Mejora de la competencia materna en la prevención del maltrato infantilresultados preliminares
- Cantero López, María José
- Cerezo, María Angeles
- Alhambra Duro, María Soledad
ISSN: 0210-3702, 1578-4126
Year of publication: 1997
Issue: 80
Pages: 99-110
Type: Article
More publications in: Journal for the Study of Education and Development, Infancia y Aprendizaje
Abstract
The �Mother-Child Psychological Support� programme is an important preventive action, started in 1990, aimed at all infants from birth to 12 months living in a community with a population of 20.000 inhabitants. The first prevention goal was to improve maternal competence by strengthening synchronous mother-child relationship, in order to prevent conflicts and maladjusted interactions which likely precipitate child abuse episodes. This goal was achieved through monthly individualized instructions to the mother about her child�s development. Thus the mother becomes co-protagonist of her child�s development. Two aspects of the programme, namely maltreatment risk evolution and children�s development, were studied and some preliminary results were obtained. The methodological issues and the implications of these results are discussed.