Long-term consequences of parenting by another child in a population with child malnutrition.

HERNÁNDEZ ESCALONA MERY; MORALES LEANDRO; LEPORATTI JORGE; KAMENETZKY GISELLE

Revista ConCiencia EPG

Escuela de Posgrado de la Universidad Nacional de Educación Enrique Guzmán y Valle

Año: 2024

2517-9896

Malnutrition is a pervasive health concern around the world. Its impact is related to its severity, age at which it begins, and duration. As of now, the impact of the mother’s psychological variables on maltrunition have been hardly studied. In particular, research showing the impact of having a mother raised by a child instead of an adult is absent from the literature. The goal of this work was to fill that gap. In Particular, we aimed to assess the effect of being reared by a child on future caregiver quality and stress responses, in a population with child malnutrition. Given the absence of previous studies, the nature of the present work was exploratory. We found that mothers that were raised by a child reported higher levels of perceived stress at present and a lower quality of caregiving during infancy. Additionally, they feel incapable of coping with their problems and unable to control the events that affect them. These findings are discussed in the context of Attachment Theory and social buffering.