Citation

Zimmermann P, Vierhaus M, Eickhorst A, Sann A, Egger C, Förthner J, Gerlach J, Iwanski A, Liel C, Podewski F, Wyrwich S, Spangler G. Bundesgesundheitsblatt Gesundheitsforschung Gesundheitsschutz 2016; 59(10): 1262-1270.

Vernacular Title

Aufwachsen unter familiärer Belastung in Deutschland : Design und Methoden einer entwicklungspsychologischen Studie zu Risiko- und Schutzmechanismen bei Familien mit unterschiedlicher psychosozialer Belastung.

Affiliation

Institut für Psychologie, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Deutschland.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2016, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1007/s00103-016-2423-7

PMID

27619648

Abstract

Family adversity comprises many risk factors for parents and children. The German early intervention approach Frühe Hilfen aims at providing enduring, effective, and scientifically validated prevention and intervention for effective child protection against those risks. The study on risk and protective mechanisms in the development of families with diverse psychosocial risks aims at identifying those mechanisms that cause and stabilize or moderate and diminish maltreatment and neglect, as well as cognitive, social, and emotional developmental deviations in risk families, specifically in the current German social and child protection system. The study examines the development of competence and early behavior problems in a sample of infants and toddlers and the interaction quality with their caregivers by applying a longitudinal sequential-cohort design. The assessments include developmental tests, systematic observations, and questionnaire data. First results suggest stable risk group membership and moderate stability of single risk factors.

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