Childcare support for adolescent mothers: longitudinal intervention study to improve mother-child interactions

Research Project

Project/Area Number	22592514
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Section	一般
Research Field	Lifelong developmental nursing
Research Institution	Tenshi College
Principal Investigator	KUSANAGI Miho 天使大学, 看護栄養学部, 准教授 (90326554)
Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha)	HIROSE Taiko 東京医科歯科大学, 大学院・保健衛生学研究科, 教授 (10156713) MIKUNI Kumi 北海道医療大学, 看護福祉学部, 教授 (50265097)
Project Period (FY)	2010 – 2012
Project Status	Completed (Fiscal Year 2012)
Budget Amount *help	¥2,600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥600,000) Fiscal Year 2012: ¥390,000 (Direct Cost: ¥300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥90,000) Fiscal Year 2011: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000) Fiscal Year 2010: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Keywords	若年の母親 / 母子相互作用 / 育児支援
Research Abstract	In this study, we provided continuous childcare support to adolescent mothers who raised infants in order to investigate the characteristics of interactions between them and their children (mother-child relationship) as well as childcare support required by dyads. The results revealed that adolescent mothers need general support in childcare since they do not have sufficient experience of living, and that it is necessary to provide mothers with knowledge to understand cues from their children, which will improve their mother-child interactions and hence develop a smooth relationship.