Abstract

ROBAINA SUAREZ, Gloria  and  RODRIGUEZ, Vania. Comportamiento del desarrollo sicomotor en el menor de 1 año, en relación con el manejo y funcionamiento familiar. Rev Cubana Med Gen Integr [online]. 2000, vol.16, n.6, pp.540-544. ISSN 0864-2125.

A descriptive and prospective study of the psychomotor development (SMD) up to the first year of life in relation to family management and functioning was conducted in a sample of 51 sound newborn infants. The SMD was evaluated by the trimestral observation in child care of the adquired abilities and the application of the Brunet-Lezine test at one year of age. To know the family management it was used a survey of closed questions. Adequate and inadequate evaluations were given according to previously established parameters. In order to determine the family functioning we applied the Smilkstein´s test that measures the family Apgar and expresses qualitatively the functioning as: functional, moderately functional and dysfunctional. 84,3 % of the children had a normal SMD at one year of age, whereas 15,7% had mild retardation from the third trimester on, being speech the most affected sphere. Of them 75 % lived with dysfunctional families and 100 % with an inadequate management

Keywords : CHILD DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; INFANT, NEWBORN [psychology]; CHILD BEHAVIOUR; INFANT CARE [methods]; CHILD CARE [methods]; FAMILY; COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH CARE.

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