Psychomotor development in early childhood and its relationships with maternal attachment representations

Resumen: Se investigó el desarrollo psicomotor temprano y sus relaciones con representaciones de apego y variables sociodemográficas maternas. Se trabajó con un diseño no experimental cuyo alcance fue descriptivo-correlacional. La muestra estuvo constituida por 32 diadas madre-hijo, de entre 12 y 27 meses de edad. Se administró el Instrumento de Observación del Desarrollo Infantil (IODI), la Prueba Nacional de Pesquisa (PRUNAPE), Cuestionario CaMiR y Cuestionario Ad Hoc. Se encontraron diversas correlaciones significativas entre distintas representaciones maternas del apego y áreas del desarrollo de la PRUNPE (p<.05) y del IODI (p<.01). A su vez, se hallaron diferencias significativas entre nivel de escolaridad materna y comunicación-lenguaje del niño/a. Se discuten los resultados.Abstract: The early psychomotor development and their relationships with maternal attachment representations and sociodemographic characteristics were analyzed. A non-experimental, descriptive correctional study was carried out. The sample was comprised of 32 mothers with their children between 12 and 27 months old. Data was collected regarding The Child Development Observation Instrument (IODI), The National Research Test (PRUNAPE), The questionnaire CaMiR and Ad hoc questionnarie. Several significant correlations between maternal attachment representations and areas of development from PRUNAPE (p<.05) and from IODI (p<.01) were found. Further, significant differences between the maternal education level and areas of communication and language of the child were found. The results are discussed