Enhancing the interactions of teenage mothers and their at-risk children: effectiveness of a maternal-focused intervention.: An article from: Topics in Early Childhood Special Education
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From the author: This study investigated the impact of a short-term interaction-focused parenting curriculum on maternal behaviors and child development outcomes. Participants were 94 teen-mother-child dyads; 48 in the intervention group received a relationship-focused curriculum offered in 24, 1-hour sessions. Maternal behaviors during play were videotaped and coded preintervention and postintervention. Children were assessed using a developmental screening inventory. When the groups were compared at posttest using analyses of variance, mothers in the intervention group were significantly more responsive, less directive, and more facilitative of child language development. Children of mothers in the intervention group had significantly higher developmental quotient scores than children of mothers in the contrast group. Findings corroborate previous research and offer support for interventions focusing on interaction variables to influence child outcomes.
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Title: Enhancing the interactions of teenage mothers and their at-risk children: effectiveness of a maternal-focused intervention.
Author: Barbara Deutscher
Publication:Topics in Early Childhood Special Education (Magazine/Journal)
Date: December 22, 2006
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 26 Issue: 4 Page: 194(12)
Distributed by Thomson Gale
From the author: This study investigated the impact of a short-term interaction-focused parenting curriculum on maternal behaviors and child development outcomes. Participants were 94 teen-mother-child dyads; 48 in the intervention group received a relationship-focused curriculum offered in 24, 1-hour sessions. Maternal behaviors during play were videotaped and coded preintervention and postintervention. Children were assessed using a developmental screening inventory. When the groups were compared at posttest using analyses of variance, mothers in the intervention group were significantly more responsive, less directive, and more facilitative of child language development. Children of mothers in the intervention group had significantly higher developmental quotient scores than children of mothers in the contrast group. Findings corroborate previous research and offer support for interventions focusing on interaction variables to influence child outcomes.
Citation Details
Title: Enhancing the interactions of teenage mothers and their at-risk children: effectiveness of a maternal-focused intervention.
Author: Barbara Deutscher
Publication:Topics in Early Childhood Special Education (Magazine/Journal)
Date: December 22, 2006
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 26 Issue: 4 Page: 194(12)
Distributed by Thomson Gale
