Study on Parenting Support for Child Abuse Prevention Promote Mother-Child Relationship based on Infant Mental Health

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 16H06782
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Research Field: Lifelong developmental nursing
• Research Institution: Tokyo Medical and Dental University
• Principal Investigator: KOMOTO Keiko 東京医科歯科大学, 大学院保健衛生学研究科, 非常勤講師 (80778960)
• Project Period (FY): 2016-08-26 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 乳幼児精神保健 / 育児支援 / 親子の関係性 / 児童虐待防止

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research is based on "Infant Mental Health" which is prevalent as a good parent-child relationship is indispensable for child's development. The aim of this research is to provide parenting support that promotes high quality parent-child relationship, and to construct a childcare support program that contributes to the prevention of child abuse.
Before the intervention, it was confirmed that mothers are unable to correctly understand their children and are not confidence that they do not have feedback on their childcare.
We conducted a group guidance and individual counseling to 48 mothers with a child of about 2 years old to 6-7 years old. With this childcare support, mothers 'understanding of children improved, health of mothers' mental health and childcare stress improved compared with before support. In addition, group guidance has become an opportunity to create the support for mothers to support each other, contributing greatly to the mother network.

Free Research Field

小児看護学　乳幼児精神保健