Impact of a group intervention with mothers and babies on child development

• Autores: Oré Luján, Beatriz, Díaz, Juan José, Penny, Mary
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2011
• Institución: Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
• Repositorio: Revistas - Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:revistaspuc:article/1145
• Enlace del recurso: http://revistas.pucp.edu.pe/index.php/psicologia/article/view/1145
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: Child development; impact assessment; mothers and babies; poverty; Peru; desarrollo infantil; evaluación de impacto; mamás y bebes; pobreza; Perú

This study evaluates the impact on child development of a group intervention with mothers and their eight-month-old babies from a marginal urban district of Lima. The groups, control and treatment, were randomized and child development was assessed before and after with the BSID-II. The intervention had a general positive impact in the children’s development, but no significant differences were found between both groups in the Mental Development Index or the Psychomotor Development Index. There was a significant effect (p < .05) in two of the BSID-II Behavioral Scale factors.