[Growing up under adversity in Germany : Design and methods of a developmental study on risk and protective mechanisms in families with diverse psychosocial risk].
Family adversity comprises many risk factors for parents and children. The German early intervention approach Frühe Hilfen aims at providing enduring, effective, and scientifically validated prevention and intervention for effective child protection against those risks. The study on risk and protective mechanisms in the development of families with diverse psychosocial risks aims at identifying those mechanisms that cause and stabilize or moderate and diminish maltreatment and neglect, as well as cognitive, social, and emotional developmental deviations in risk families, specifically in the current German social and child protection system. The study examines the development of competence and early behavior problems in a sample of infants and toddlers and the interaction quality with their caregivers by applying a longitudinal sequential-cohort design. The assessments include developmental tests, systematic observations, and questionnaire data. First results suggest stable risk group membership and moderate stability of single risk factors.
Lehrstuhl Entwicklungspsychologie, Institut für Psychologie, Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Gaußstr. 20, 42119, Wuppertal, Deutschland. pzimmermann@uni-wuppertal.de.
Peter
P
Zimmermann
Institut für Psychologie, Universität Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Deutschland.
Marc
M
Vierhaus
Fachgruppe Nationales Zentrum Frühe Hilfen, Deutsches Jugendinstitut e. V., München, Deutschland.
Andreas
A
Eickhorst
Fachgruppe Nationales Zentrum Frühe Hilfen, Deutsches Jugendinstitut e. V., München, Deutschland.
Alexandra
A
Sann
Institut für Psychologie, Universität Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Deutschland.
Carine
C
Egger
Institut für Psychologie, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Deutschland.
Judith
J
Förthner
Institut für Psychologie, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Deutschland.
Jennifer
J
Gerlach
Lehrstuhl Entwicklungspsychologie, Institut für Psychologie, Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Gaußstr. 20, 42119, Wuppertal, Deutschland.
Alexandra
A
Iwanski
Fachgruppe Nationales Zentrum Frühe Hilfen, Deutsches Jugendinstitut e. V., München, Deutschland.
Christoph
C
Liel
Lehrstuhl Entwicklungspsychologie, Institut für Psychologie, Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Gaußstr. 20, 42119, Wuppertal, Deutschland.
Fritz
F
Podewski
Institut für Psychologie, Universität Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Deutschland.
Sandra
S
Wyrwich
Institut für Psychologie, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Deutschland.
Gottfried
G
Spangler
D002648:Child; D002649:Child Abuse / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D000068216:Child Protective Services / Q000379:methods*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D011584:Psychology; D018570:Risk Assessment / Q000379:methods; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D035862:Vulnerable Populations / Q000523:psychology*
Attachment; Cognitive development; Early childhood; Emotion regulation; Risk