Maternal education and developmental indicators in children: mediation of maternal knowledge on child development
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.15448/1980-8623.2020.1.31622Keywords:
childhood development, educational status, mothers, awareness, motherchild relations.Abstract
This study investigated the mediating effect of maternal knowledge on child development in the relationship between maternal education level and developmental indicators in the first year. Twenty-eight mothers of 11-month-old infants, selected at two Basic Health Units in the city of Salvador/Brazil, participated in the study. Maternal developmental knowledge was assessed with the KIDI and infant development was measured by the EDCC. The regression analyses showed that maternal knowledge about child development is a pure mediating variable of the relationship between maternal schooling and developmental indicators of the baby. Support provided by formal education so that parents can benefit from developmental information is discussed, and investment in basic education and dissemination of information on child development in public health services is recommended.Downloads
References
Abbad, G., & Torres, C. V. (2002). Regressão múltipla stepwise e hierárquica em Psicologia Organizacional: aplicações, problemas e soluções. Estudos de Psicologia (Natal), 7(spe), 19–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1413-294X2002000300004
Al-Maadadi, F., & Ikhlef, A. (2015). What Mothers Know About Child Development and Parenting in Qatar: Parenting Cognitions and Practices. The Family Journal, 23(1), 65–73.
https://doi.org/10.1177/1066480714555669
Alvarenga, P., Oliveira, J. M. de, & Lins, T. C de S. (2018). Reflexões sobre a parentalidade no contexto de vulnerabilidade social no Brasil. In. L. F. Pêssoa, D. M. L. F. Mendes, & M. L. S. Moura (Orgs.), Parentalidade: Diferentes perspectivas, evidências e experiências (pp.41-62). Curitiba: Appris.
Bayley, N. (2006). Bayley Scales of Infant and Toddler Development: Administration Manual (3rd ed.). San Antonio, TX: The Psychological Corporation.
Bornstein, M. H., Hahn, C. S., Suwalsky, J. T. D., & Haynes, O. M. (2003). Socioeconomic status, parenting, and child development: The Hollingshead four-factor index of social status and The Socioeconomic Index of Occupations. In. M. H. Bornstein, & R.
H. Bradley (Orgs.), Socioeconomic status, parenting, and child development (pp. 29-81). Mahwah, New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
https://doi.org/10.4324/9781410607027
Brummelte, S., & Galea, L. A. M. (2016). Postpartum depression: Etiology, treatment and consequences for maternal care. Hormones and Behavior, 77, 153–166. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yhbeh.2015.08.008
Clearfield, M. W., Stanger, S. B., & Jenne, H. K. (2015). Socioeconomic status (SES) affects means-end behavior across the first year. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 38, 22–28. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appdev.2015.02.001
Cruz, E. J. S. da, Cavalcante, L. I. C., & Pedroso, J. da S. (2014). Inventário de conhecimento do desenvolvimento infantil: estudo com mães de crianças em acolhimento institucional. Revista da SPAGESP, 15(1), 49–63.
Dancey, C. P., & Reidy, J. (2006). Estatística sem Matemática para Psicologia. (3ed.). Porto Alegre: Artmed.
Datar, A., & Jacknowitz, A. (2009). Birth weight effects on children’s mental, motor, and physical development: Evidence from twins data. Maternal and Child Health Journal, 13(6), 780–794. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10995-009-0461-6
Dichtelmiller, M., Meisels, S. J., Plunkett, J. W., Bozynski, M. E. A., & Mangelsdorf, S. C. (1992). The Relationship of Parental Knowledge to the Development of Extremely Low Birth Weight Infants. Journal of Early Intervention, 16(3), 210–220.
https://doi.org/10.1177/105381519201600302
Donovan, W., Taylor, N., & Leavitt, L. (2007). Maternal Self-Efficacy, Knowledge of Infant Development, Sensory Sensitivity, and Maternal Response During Interaction. Developmental Psychology, 43(4), 865–876.
https://doi.org/10.1037/0012-1649.43.4.865
Ertem, I. O., Atay, G., Dogan, D. G., Bayhan, A., Bingoler, B. E., Gok, C. G., … Isikli, S. (2007). Mothers’ knowledge of young child development in a developing country. Child: Care, Health and Development, 33(6), 728–737.
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2214.2007.00751.x
Hayes, A. F. (2018). Introduction to mediation, moderation, and conditional process analysis: A regression- -based approach. 2nd. ed. New York: Guilford Press.
Koutra, K., Chatzi, L., Bagkeris, M., Vassilaki, M., Bitsios, P., & Kogevinas, M. (2013). Antenatal and postnatal maternal mental health as determinants of infant neurodevelopment at 18 months of age in a mother-child cohort (Rhea Study) in Crete, Greece.
Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 48(8), 1335–1345. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00127-012-0636-0
MacPhee, D. (1983). The nature of Parents’ Experiences with and Knowledge about Infant Development. Paper Presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, 1–15. Recuperado de http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED232788.pdf.
Marjanovič-Umek, L., & Fekonja-Peklaj, U. (2017). The Roles of Child Gender and Parental Knowledge of Child Development in Parent-Child Interactive Play. Sex Roles, 77(7–8), 496–509. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11199-016-0734-7
McMillin, S. E., Hall, L., Bultas, M. W., Grafeman, S. E., Wilmott, J., Maxim, R., & Zand, D. H. (2015). Knowledge of child development as a predictor of mother-child play interactions. Clinical Pediatrics, 54(11),1117–1119. https://doi.org/10.1177/0009922815581763
Mermelshtine, R., & Barnes, J. (2016). Maternal Responsive–didactic Caregiving in Play Interactions with 10-month-olds and Cognitive Development at 18months. Infant and Child Development, 25(3), 296–316. https://doi.org/10.1002/icd.1961
Morais, R. L. S., Carvalho, A. M., & Magalhães, L. C. (2016). O contexto ambiental e o desenvolvimento na primeira infância: estudos brasileiros. Journal of Physical Education, 27(1), 1-14. https://doi.org/10.4025/jphyseduc.v27i1.2714
Moura, M. L. S. de, Ribas Jr., R. de C., Piccinini, C. A., Bastos, A. C. de S., Magalhães, C. M. C., Vieira, M. L., … Silva, A. K. da. (2004). Conhecimento sobre desenvolvimento infantil em mães primíparas de diferentes centros urbanos do Brasil. Estudos de Psicologia, 9(3), 421-429. https://doi.org/10.1590/S1413-294X2004000300004
Pereira, K. R. G., Saccani, R., & Valentini, N. C. (2016). Cognição e ambiente são preditores do desenvolvimento motor de bebês ao longo do tempo. Fisioterapia e Pesquisa, 23(1), 59–67. https://doi.
org/10.1590/1809-2950/14685223012016
Pinto, E. B., Vilanova, L. C. P., & Vieira, R. M. (1997). O desenvolvimento do comportamento da criança no primeiro ano de vida: padronização de uma escala para a avaliação e o acompanhamento. São Paulo: Casa do Psicólogo: FAPESP.
Rehman, A. U., Kazmi, S., & Munir, F. (2016). Mothers’ Knowledge about Child Development. Pediatr J, 40(3), 176–81.
Ribas Jr., R. D. C., Moura, M. L. S. de, Gomes, A. A. N., & Soares, I. D. (2000). Adaptação brasileira do Inventário de Conhecimento sobre o Desenvolvimento Infantil de David Macphee [Resumo]. In Sociedade Brasileira de Psicologia do Desenvolvimento (Org.),
Anais – III Congresso Brasileiro de Psicologia do Desenvolvimento (p. 183). Niterói, RJ: Autor.
Ribas Jr., R. D. C., Moura, M. L. S. de, & Bornstein, M. H. (2003). Socioeconomic status in Brazilian psychological research: I. validity, measurement, and application. Estudos de Psicologia
(Natal), 8(3), 375–383.
https://doi.org/10.1590/S1413-294X2003000300004
Roberts, J. E., McCary, L. M., Shinkareva, S. V., & Bailey, D. B. (2016). Infant Development in Fragile X Syndrome: Cross-Syndrome Comparisons. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 46(6), 2088-2099. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-016-2737-1
Rowe, M. L., Denmark, N., Jones, H. B., & Stapleton, L. M. (2016). The Role of Parent Education and Parenting Knowledge in Children’s Language and Literacy Skills among White, Black, and Latino Families. Infant and Child Development, 25(2), 198–220. https://doi.org/10.1002/icd.1924
Saccani, R., Valentini, N. C., Pereira, K. R., Muller, A. B., & Gabbard, C. (2013). Associations of biological factors and affordances in the home with infant motor development. Pediatrics International, 55(2), 197–203. https://doi.org/10.1111/ped.12042
Safadi, R. R., Ahmad, M., Nassar, O. S., Alashhab, S. A., Abdelkader, R., & Amre, H. M. (2016). Jordanian mothers’ knowledge of infants’ childrearing and developmental milestones. International Nursing Review, 63(1), 50–59. https://doi.org/10.1111/inr.12185
Scarzello, D., Arace, A., & Prino, L. E. (2016). Parental practices of Italian mothers and fathers during early infancy: The role of knowledge about parenting and child development. Infant Behavior and Development, 44, 133–143. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.
infbeh.2016.06.006
September, S. J., Rich, E., & Roman, N. (2017). Association Between Knowledge of Child Development and Parenting: A Systematic Review. The Open Family Studies Journal, 9(1), 1–14. https://doi.org/10.2174/1874922401709010001
Shaffer, D. R., & Kipp, K. (2012). Psicologia do desenvolvimento: infância e adolescência (2nd ed.). São Paulo: Cengage Learning.
Silva, A. K., Vieira, M. L., Moura, M. L. S., & Ribas Jr., R. de C. (2005). Conhecimento de mães primíparas sobre desenvolvimento infantil. Um estudo em Itajaí, SC. Rev. bras. Crescimento desenvolv. humano, 15(3). https://doi.org/01-10.10.7322/jhgd.19766
Stevens, J. H. (1984). Child development knowledge and parenting skills. Family Relations, 33(2), 237-244. https://doi.org/10.2307/583789
Tabachnick, B. G., & Fidel, L. S. (2013). Using Multivariate Statistics (6thed). Boston, Massachusetts: Allyn and Bacon.
Vieira, V. A. (2009). Moderação, mediação, moderadora-mediadora e efeitos indiretos em modelagem de equações estruturais: uma aplicação no modelo de desconfirmação de expectativas. Revista de Administração Universidade de São Paulo RAUSP, 44(1), 17–33.
Wacharasin, C., Barnard, K., & Spieker, S. J. (2003). Factors Affecting Toddler Cognitive Development in Low-Income Families: Implications for Practitioners. Infants and Young Children, 16(2), 175–181. https://doi.org/10.1097/00001163-200304000-00009
Yue, A., Wang, X., Yang, S., Shi, Y., Luo, R., Zhang, Q., …Rozelle, S. (2017). The relationship between infant peer interactions and cognitive development: Evidence from rural China. Chinese Journal of Sociology, 3(2), 193–207. https://doi.org/10.1177/2057150X17702091
Downloads
Published
How to Cite
Issue
Section
License
Copyright
The submission of originals to Psico implies the transfer by the authors of the right for publication. Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication. If the authors wish to include the same data into another publication, they must cite Psico as the site of original publication.
Creative Commons License
Except where otherwise specified, material published in this journal is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license, which allows unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original publication is correctly cited.
