The relationship between responsive caregiving and child outcomes: evidence from direct observations of mother-child dyads in Pakistan.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Responsive caregiving, or interactions in which caregivers give appropriate responses to a child's signals, is linked to improved psychosocial, cognitive and physical outcomes in children. However, much remains unknown about how responsive caregiving affects child development across cultural and socioeconomic contexts. The purpose of this study is to examine predictors of maternal responsive caregiving and investigate how these interactions are associated with children's development.

Methods

Data for the current analyses came from a longitudinal study designed to follow mothers from the third trimester through the first three years of the child's life. To assess responsive caregiving, the Observation of Mother-Child Interaction (OMCI) measure was used to examine m

SUBMITTER: Scherer E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6396475 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature