Estrés materno, riesgo biológico y el tratamiento vojtaSus relaciones 6 meses después del nacimiento
- Julio Pérez-López
- María Teresa Martínez-Fuentes
- Ángela Díaz-Herrero
- Alfredo G. Brito de la Nuez
- Francisco Javier Fernández Rego
- María Isabel Casbas Gómez
- Juan Sánchez Caravaca
ISSN: 0214-9877
Year of publication: 2011
Volume: 1
Issue: 1
Pages: 231-240
Type: Article
More publications in: International Journal of Developmental and Educational Psychology: INFAD. Revista de Psicología
Abstract
Aim: It is intended to test whether a difference exist in the level of stress experienced by mothers of children at biological risk compared to mothers of children from normal population, when the infants reach the six months of age, and whether the physiotherapy treatment Vojta that infants at biological risk had received rises their mothers’ stress. Method: 80 infants and their mothers took part, from which 51 belonged to the general population, and 29 were at biological risk (15 receiving Vojta’s physiotherapy treatment, and 14 receiving other treatments). After signing the informed consent, the mothers fulfilled the Abidin questionnaire of parental stress (PSI, short form), when their infant reached the six months of chronological age or corrected age. Results: When comparing the biological risk group with the general population group in the three dimensions of stress, it was only found a significant difference in the dimension: difficult child. As for the type of treatment received by children the differences do not reach statistical significance on scales of maternal stress. Conclusions: Results indicate that, despite the differences in levels of maternal stress, Vojta therapy seems not to be a relevant factor to explain such differences.