Abstract

CORTES MORENO, Assol; ROMERO SANCHEZ, Patricia  and  FLORES TORRES, Gicela. Development and initial validation of an infant rearing practices instrument. Univ. Psychol. [online]. 2006, vol.5, n.1, pp.37-50. ISSN 1657-9267.

Rearing practices moderate undernourishment effects on psychological child development. There are not suitable instruments to value such aspect. This study describes development and psychometric data in support of Responsive Practices and Stimulation Questionnaire (CuPRE), a caregiver-report measure of actions oriented to assure the survival and development. The initial items were derived from interviews to 48 caregivers. Item reduction and reliability were complete with a sample of 242 caregivers. Principal components analysis yielded a five-factor structure (composed of 23 items), accounting for 49.9% of total variance. The CuPRE was found to have good internal consistency (a = 0,83). The results suggest the CuPRE can be a useful instrument to value rearing practices.

Keywords : infant care; undernutrition; malnutrition; child development; early stimulation.

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