MATERNAL DEPRESSION AND CHILD GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT FROM 0 TO 12 MONTHS MOROCOCHA - LA OROYA YAULI 2008

Abstract

The mother is the child’s immediate environment when this environment is not favorable the determinants factors become on risks to growth and development. The research objective was to study the influence of maternal depression on the child Growth and Development of 0 to 12 months age in Morococha district. The sample size was 32 mothers with their children. The found data showed that the mother welfare and tranquility influence the growth and development of the child. The success of the actions the child performs in the first year of life, will increase the pleasure and will repeat them to master the specific conduct that is successful, while abandoning the actions that lead to failure. In the growth and development process of the child, there is a series of exchanges between mother and child, each of them affects each other. Freud called this duality a “mass of two.” In the study 69% of mothers were going through a depressive process, and 44% of children aged 0 to 12 months are deficient in psychomotor development. Regarding the nutritional status of children, 44% suffer chronic malnutrition and 25% have anemia. Therefore we conclude that maternal depression is a risk factor for growth and development of their children.