| Budget Amount *help |
¥3,000,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,000,000)
Fiscal Year 2006: ¥800,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000)
Fiscal Year 2005: ¥900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000)
Fiscal Year 2004: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000)
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| Research Abstract |
There is increased child abuse in families with twins in Japan. It is reported that the maltreatment causes a delay in language development of children. In this study, we examined the relationship between parenting stress in twins' mothers and language development in twins.
Methods : Questionnaires were mailed to 218 mothers of twins and 358 mothers of singletons aged 0 to 2. Of them, 110 mothers of twins (56.1%) and 96 mothers of singletons (26.8%) returned the questionnaires. 3 pairs of twins were excluded for premature birth. The core questionnaires included biological characteristics (twin's age, sex, gestational age, birth weight, and birth height), family environments (maternal age and household members), parenting stress by Child Rearing Support Questionnaire, and infant motor and mental development by Tsumori-Inage infant developmental scale.
Results : The mean score of parenting stress score in mothers of twins was significantly higher than those of singletons (p<.05). Only in twins aged 2,the score was significantly correlated with language developmental score.
Conclusion : Significant relationship in parenting stress score with linguistic development in 2-year-old twins suggests that parenting stress influences on child development in twins.
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