Relating the adolescent mother—child relationship to preschool outcomes

✍ Scribed by Della M. Hann; Joy D. Osofsky; Anne M. Culp

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1996
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 429 KB
• Volume: 17
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0163-9641
• DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0355(199624)17:4<302::aid-imhj2>3.0.co;2-o

✦ Synopsis

Two domains of potential risk in relation to the cognitive-linguistic outcomes of preschool children of adolescent mothers were investigated: (1) interactive features of the mother-child relationship and (2) aspects of the demographic context of parenting. Sixty-nine adolescent mothers and their children participated in evaluations when the children were 13. 20. 30, and 44 months old. Results indicated that the cognitive-linguistic development of children of adolescent mothers was affected by both the mother-child relationship and cumulative index of demographic risk. Specifically. positive maternal affect. mother-child verbal recipmity. mother-child interactive fit, and cumulative demographic risk all contributed to explaining difficulties in preschool cognitive and linguistic functioning in children of adolescent mothers.

RESUMEN: Los siguientes campos de riesgo en potencia, en relaci6n con 10s resultados cognitivo-lingiiisticos de nSos de edad preescolar hijos de madres adolescentes. heron hestigados: 1) las caractensticas de interac-ci6n en la relaci6n entre la madre y el n50; y 2) 10s aspcctos del context0 demogr;lfico de la crianza. Sesenta y nueve madres adolescentes y sus &os participaron en las evaluaciones cuando 10s nifios tenian 13.20,30 y 44 me= de nacidos. Los resultados indicaron que el dcsarrollo cognitivo-lingiiistico de 10s hijos de madres adolescentes era afectado tanto por la relaci6n enue la madre y el niiio, asi como por el indice de riesgo demogrhfico. Especificamente, el afecto maternal positivo. la reciprocidad verbal entre madre e hijo. la compeneuaci6n interactiva entre madre e hijo, y el riesgo demogr;lfico acumulativo contribuyeron a explicar las dificultades en el funcionamiento cognitivo y lingiiistico preescolar m niiios de madres adolescentes.