Estresse Materno e Desenvolvimento de Crianças Moradoras em Contexto Ribeirinho e Urbano de Belém - PA

Abstract

This study aimed to investigate the relationship between levels of maternal stress and child development. For this, were stipulated specific objectives that correspond to the two constituent articles of the dissertation. The first proposes a systematic literature review, aiming to map the dissertations and theses on maternal stress and child development, available on the website of Higher Education Staff Improvement Coordination (Capes). The second paper is an empirical study that investigated the association between levels of maternal stress and development of children 1-42 months are the two groups, living in riverine and urban context of the city of Belém do Pará. As a result it was possible to identify the variables and the relationships between them that influence the level of stress of mothers and the status of children's development, culminating in the construction of a knowledge network that could allow understanding of these processes. It is understood that the dyad of these situations are exposed to multiple risk factors for incidence of developmental delays and rising levels of maternal stress, especially by low socioeconomic status observed. Social and economic risk factors cumulative are considered more adverse than isolated events, so the multiplier effect, in which a factor aggravating the other, form a network of negative factors both in intensity and in chronicity.