Correlates of help-seeking by parents for the socioemotional development of their 3-year-old children: a longitudinal study

ObjectivesTimely parental help-seeking regarding their child’s socioemotional development is associated with a lower rate and lower severity of psychosocial problems in later life. This study aimed to examine the correlates of parental help-seeking for the socio-emotional development of 3-year-old children.DesignRetrospective cohort study.SettingCommunity-based survey in Rotterdam.ParticipantsOf 2305 parents and their 2-year-old children at baseline, 1507 who completed follow-up questionnaires were included in the analyses when children were 3 years old.Outcome measuresParental help-seeking regarding their child’s socioemotional development and types of formal and informal help sources (eg, general practitioner, internet) used in the past 12 months were measured. Hierarchical logistic regression models were applied to identify factors correlates of parental help-seeking among 13 predisposing, enabling and need factors according to Andersen’s behavioural model.ResultsIn total, 22.6% of parents reported help-seeking in the past 12 months for socioemotional development of their 3-year-old child; 6.8% addressed formal help sources and 17.5% addressed informal help sources. General practitioner (2.7%) and family (12.5%) were the most frequently used formal and informal sources, respectively. In the full model, predisposing factors associated with higher odds of parental help-seeking were child’s other western ethnic background (OR=1.66, 95% CI 1.02 to 2.68) and parental age ≤29 years old (OR=1.71, 95% CI 1.01 to 2.92). No associated factors were found among enabling factors. The need factors associated with higher odds of parental help-seeking were having previous help-seeking (OR=2.52, 95% CI 1.83 to 3.48) and discussing child’s socioemotional development in the well-child visit (OR=2.47, 95% CI 1.73 to 3.53).ConclusionsPredisposing and need factors were associated with parental help-seeking for socioemotional development of 3-year-old children. The findings can be used to further develop support for parents accessing adequate information, prevention and anticipatory care with regards to the child’s socio-emotional development.

SCREENING FOR NEUROPSYCHOMOTOR AND SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN CHILDREN UNDER 24 MONTHS OF AGE IN THE BRAZILIAN SEMI-ARID REGION

ABSTRACT Objective: To screen children under 24 months of age for neuropsychomotor and social-emotional development in a municipality of the Brazilian semi-arid region, using the Survey of Well-Being of Young Children (SWYC) scale. Methods: This is a quantitative cross-sectional study with a non-probabilistic sample, involving children aged 1 to 24 months and their respective mothers, recruited from primary care services in the municipality of Picos, Piauí, Northeastern Brazil. The screening for neuropsychomotor and social-emotional development using the SWYC scale also provided information about the family context. In addition, we administered a questionnaire to assess the children’s demographic and socioeconomic factors. Descriptive data analysis was performed. Results: The sample consisted mostly of adult mothers (84.0%), with more than 8 years of schooling (83.3%), belonging to the C, D, and E socioeconomic classes (75.3%). The prevalence of suspected cases of delayed neuropsychomotor development and social-emotional changes was 12.7 and 42.2%, respectively. Conclusions: The results point to the existence of children at risk of delayed development, particularly in the social-emotional domain, reaffirming the need to adopt child development screening as a health service routine, with the implementation of appropriate intervention programs.

Association of Work-Family Conflict With Depression, Parenting Behaviors, and Socio-Behavioral Development of Children

This study investigated the associations of work-family conflict with the psychological well-being, parenting behaviors, and socio-emotional development of children aged between 2 and 6 (M = 4.14, SD = 1.30) and their working mothers. The sample was constructed with a random sampling method from Turkey, with nationally representative 700 working mothers. The age of the mothers ranged from 20 to 49 (M = 34.02, SD = 5.46). The data was based on maternal reports. The data was collected through the Organizational Support Scale, Work-Family Conflict Scale, Parenting Questionnaire, Temperament Scale, Eyberg Child Behavior Inventory, Adaptive Social Behavior Inventory, Child Behavior Checklist, Brief Symptoms Inventory, Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support, and Work-Family Guilt Scale. The results of the study showed that (i) the mothers who reported higher levels of guilt due to working and lower levels of social support experienced higher levels of work-family conflict; (ii) the higher levels of work-family conflict increased the depression level and negative parenting behaviors in mothers while decreased the positive social-behavioral development in children, (iii) the social support had a buffering role in decreasing the negative effects of depression in mothers. This is the first study conducted with a nationally representative sample from Turkey to investigate an extensive ecology from mothers’ work-family conflict to their children’s socio-emotional development. The need for supporting policies to ameliorate working conditions and labor divisions for working mothers were emphasized by the study results. Keywords: Work-family conflict, parenting, support, socio-behavioral development

Condução de manejo de comportamento associadas a terapias integrativas em pacientes odontopediátricos: Revisão de literatura / Conducting association treatment associated with integrative therapies in pediatric dental patients: Literature review

O objetivo deste artigo foi dispor aos profissionais conhecimento e embasamento sobre o uso de terapias integrativas em controle de comportamento em pacientes odontopediátricos. Trata-se de uma revisão de literatura de cunho narrativo e caráter exploratório que será fundamentado na coleta de artigos científicos nas principais bases de dados: Scielo, Lilacs, PubMed e Google Acadêmico. Buscou-se contribuir cientificamente com o conhecimento a fim de empregar corretamente a condução de manejo com terapias integrativas mais adequadas a cada situação no atendimento clínico odontopediátrico. Conclui-se que o conhecimento técnico e científico do manejo do comportamento infantil e das terapias integrativas no atendimento odontológico infantil é fundamental em busca de desenvolvimento físico e emocional de modo satisfatório. ---The aim of this article was to provide professionals with knowledge and foundation on the use of integrative therapies in behavior control in pediatric dental patients. This is a literature review of a narrative and exploratory nature that will be based on the collection of scientific articles in the main databases: Scielo, Lilacs, PubMed and Academic Google. We sought to contribute scientifically with knowledge in order to correctly employ the management of the most appropriate integrative therapies for each situation in pediatric clinical care. It is concluded that technical and scientific knowledge of the management of child behavior and integrative therapies in child dental care is essential in the search for satisfactory physical and emotional development.

Penerapan Metode Bermain Peran sebagai Upaya untuk Meningkatkan Perkembangan Sosial Emosional Peserta Didik

The purpose of this community service activity is to apply the role-playing method as an effort to improve the socio-emotional development of students. The activity was held on November 17, 2021 at Mustika Rini Karangnongko Kindergarten with a total of 8 participants. The activity method consists of 3 stages, namely preparation, implementation, and reflection. The results of the activities for each stage are: in the preparation stage, the team prepares tools and materials, and guides students to carry out various activities so that they are ready to play roles. At the implementation stage, the team guides students to do three types of activities. Activity 1: Make a chicken-shaped mosaic from egg shells. Activity 2: Cracking eggs and frying eggs into egg rolls. Activity 3: Role-play being a seller and buyer of egg rolls. At the reflection stage, a recall and follow-up plan are carried out. Aspects that are assessed for the social emotional development of students in this role-playing activity are courage, self-confidence, independence, and communication. The socio-emotional development of students, namely students who are able to play the role of being a seller and a buyer, has developed according to expectations (BSH).

MELANCHOLIC SENTIMENTS TOWARDS MODULAR LEARNING MODALITY: SINGLE PARENTS IN FOCUS

Schools worldwide shuttered their doors in the spring of 2020 to slow the spread of the COVID -19 pandemic virus. This physical closure quickly moved to modular learning, which increased parental and guardian responsibilities. Data were collected from 10 single parents of Rizal Memorial Colleges, Inc. The research design of this study utilized the phenomenological method to determine the Melancholic sentiments towards modular learning modality: single parents in focus in The Rizal Memorial Colleges, Inc. This study aimed to investigate parents’ experiences and struggles by the use of thematic coding with the use of essential themes. Data obtained identified emergent themes clustered, namely; strive to balance parent employment demands and learner needs, strenuous assisting more than one child in the home with learning, lack of personal balance, and parent feels overwhelmed; maintaining a strict schedule; engaging in creative activities; keeping children busy and; organizing daily routine; tracking academic progress, keeping socio-emotional Development, accessing of achievement, and identifying emotional toll. The findings revealed and addressed the learning gap that has emerged in their children’s learning in these challenging times. Furthermore, single parents, being aware of how to manage their time, struggles, hardship, and challenges to cope with their sentiment experiences, and strive on how they can surpass and would be a strong basis for school administrators as this comes as an opportunity to evaluate the effectiveness of different educational approaches and develop teaching and learning process suited to specific educational needs. Considering the result of this study as input from families, and should be sought to create a program and learning method that is beneficial to all school stakeholders. KEYWORDS: Melancholic sentiments, Modular learning modality, and Single Parents