EFFECTS OF FAMILY INTERVENTION ON MATERNAL CHILD INTERACTION FOR MOTHERS WITH DEVELOPMENTAL-DISABILITIES

Citation
B. Keltner et al., EFFECTS OF FAMILY INTERVENTION ON MATERNAL CHILD INTERACTION FOR MOTHERS WITH DEVELOPMENTAL-DISABILITIES, Family & community health, 17(4), 1995, pp. 35-49
Citations number
37
Categorie Soggetti
Public, Environmental & Occupation Heath","Family Studies
Journal title
ISSN journal
01606379
Volume
17
Issue
4
Year of publication
1995
Pages
35 - 49
Database
ISI
SICI code
0160-6379(1995)17:4<35:EOFIOM>2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
Maternal developmental disability is associated with child abuse and n eglect, inadequate home environments, and intergenerational, yet famil y practice rarely accommodates the challenges and special needs of the se women. The path of family dysfunction contributing most to these un toward outcomes is maternal-child interaction. Forty women with develo pmental disabilities were randomly assigned to two groups, one receivi ng conventional family supports and the other a developmentally approp riate family intervention. The family intervention, called STARS, focu sed on improving maternal competencies, particularly in the area of ma ternal-child interaction. At the end of 1 year, mothers who participat ed in the family intervention demonstrated significant improvement in maternal-child interaction.