Infants' Mental and Motor Development: Effects of Home Environment, Maternal Attitudes, Marital Adjustment, and Socioeconomic Status

Abstract

27 two-yr.-old infants and their mothers were studied in their homes to analyze the relationship between infants' development and their home environment, mothers' attitudes as parents, mothers' marital adjustment, and families' socioeconomic status. Bayley Mental Development Indexes correlated with the infants' home environment, families' socioeconomic status, and maternal attitudes. Bayley Psychomotor Development Indexes related to home environment and socioeconomic status. Home environment, maternal attitude, and marital adjustment scores correlated with socioeconomic status. The implications of these ecological factors on infants' mental and motor development are discussed.

Do environmental influences alter motor abilities acquisition? A comparison among children from day-care centers and private schools

“…These features may cause undesirable repercussions on motor development 5,11,12 . Among these postnatal factors, the mainly pointed are the nutricional conditions, the social and economics features, the environmental stimulation, the parents relationship, including their participation's degree on child's routine, their cultural level and access to leisure activities, and the mother's intelligence quotient (IQ) 5,11,[13][14][15] . The literature demonstrates that the occurrence of such risk factors is rarely in an isolated way, when impairments over development are seen.…”

“…The literature demonstrates that the occurrence of such risk factors is rarely in an isolated way, when impairments over development are seen. They are also found more frequently in poverty conditions, leading to the hypothesis that a low social and economics level amplifies the biological vulnerability 5,7,8,15 . The low weight at birth is a condition very related to visual alterations and delays on the acquisition of the fine motor abilities 5,[15][16][17] .…”

“…They are also found more frequently in poverty conditions, leading to the hypothesis that a low social and economics level amplifies the biological vulnerability 5,7,8,15 . The low weight at birth is a condition very related to visual alterations and delays on the acquisition of the fine motor abilities 5,[15][16][17] . The affective relationships around the children, the family environment and the mother's capacity of interacting with her child have significant effects over his motor and mental development 3,15 .…”

Participação da família no trabalho fisioterapêutico em crianças com paralisia cerebral

“…Além disso, as condições socioeconômicas da famí-lia e a interação entre mãe e lactente são fatores que podem influenciar o desenvolvimento motor. 5,12,13 Algumas considerações importantes relacionadas ao papel do profissional junto às famílias devem ser destacadas neste aprendizado cooperativo, tais como: estimular e reforçar o vínculo pai-mãe e filho; desenvolver a compreensão e a aceitação da patologia; esclarecer os objetivos do tratamento fisioterapêutico; incentivar a participação na escolha e utilização dos métodos de tratamento; conscientizar os pais da importância de sua partici-pação no tratamento e avaliação da evolução; e proporcionar a extensão do tratamento fisioterapêutico em casa, ressaltando os benefícios. 14 A intervenção fisioterapêutica e o manuseio da criança em casa influenciam diretamente os processos de maturação e recuperação do sistema nervoso, pois tudo o que a criança experimenta e treina provavelmente causa modificações no seu sistema neuromuscular, visto que ambos têm estreita relação.…”

Μελέτη Της Κινητικής Ανάπτυξης Παιδιών Προσχολικής Ηλικίας Στην Πελοπόννησο

“…Τα τελευταία χρόνια έχουν πραγματοποιηθεί αρκετές έρευνες που μελετούν τη σχέση του βιοτικού επιπέδου της οικογένειας με την ανάπτυξη των παιδιών, καθώς φαίνεται ότι η ποιότητα του οικογενειακού περιβάλλοντος σχετίζεται άμεσα με την πνευματική και κινητική ανάπτυξη των μελών της (Poresky & Henderson, 1982). Ιδιαίτερα τα αγόρια είναι πιο ευάλωτα στις επιδράσεις του κοινωνικού περιβάλλοντος (Nordberg et al, 1991), ενώ στα μικρά παιδιά η ποιότητα του οικογενειακού περιβάλλοντος ασκεί μεγαλύτερη επιρροή από ό,τι οι παροχές της κοινότητας, όπως βιβλιοθήκες, πάρκα, κλπ (Klebanov et al, 1998).…”