Abstract
The study’s main purpose was to characterize the quality of caregiving,
disciplinary practices, child attachment security, and child development in
10 families’ study cases with their young children at internal armed conflict
and forcibly displaced. The methodological design was a mixed methods
explanatory design. Data collected with instruments derived from Atta-
chment Theory, and self-report measures showed significant associations
between caregiver sensitivity and child development (r = 0.63, p < 0.05),
and between child attachment security and maternal caregiving domains
(r = 0.91, p < 0.01). Non-harsh disciplinary practices are significant and
negatively associated to child attachment security (r = -0.88, p < 0.01).
Following methodological principles based on Grounded Theory emergent
categories were obtained about intergenerational transmission of childrea-
ring practices and current parental caregiving practices. Findings identified some protective factors (reflective processes regarding inade-
quate childrearing patterns) and risk factors (maintenance of
physical punishment practices, especially with girls)
disciplinary practices, child attachment security, and child development in
10 families’ study cases with their young children at internal armed conflict
and forcibly displaced. The methodological design was a mixed methods
explanatory design. Data collected with instruments derived from Atta-
chment Theory, and self-report measures showed significant associations
between caregiver sensitivity and child development (r = 0.63, p < 0.05),
and between child attachment security and maternal caregiving domains
(r = 0.91, p < 0.01). Non-harsh disciplinary practices are significant and
negatively associated to child attachment security (r = -0.88, p < 0.01).
Following methodological principles based on Grounded Theory emergent
categories were obtained about intergenerational transmission of childrea-
ring practices and current parental caregiving practices. Findings identified some protective factors (reflective processes regarding inade-
quate childrearing patterns) and risk factors (maintenance of
physical punishment practices, especially with girls)
| Translated title of the contribution | Characteristics of Caregiving Practices in Colombian Families with Children in Early Childhood in Forcibly Displaced Situation |
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| Original language | Spanish |
| Pages (from-to) | 67-80 |
| Number of pages | 14 |
| Journal | Universitas Psychologica |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 29 Sep 2014 |