Aufgrund von Vorbereitungen auf eine neue Version von KOPS, können kommenden Montag und Dienstag keine Publikationen eingereicht werden. (Due to preparations for a new version of KOPS, no publications can be submitted next Monday and Tuesday.)
Type of Publication: | Journal article |
URI (citable link): | http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:352-0-301533 |
Author: | Hermenau, Katharin; Kaltenbach, Elisa; Mkinga, Getrude; Hecker, Tobias |
Year of publication: | 2015 |
Published in: | Frontiers in Psychology ; 6 (2015). - 937. - eISSN 1664-1078 |
DOI (citable link): | https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00937 |
Summary: |
Institutionalized children in low-income countries often face maltreatment and inadequate caregiving. In addition to prior traumatization and other childhood adversities in the family of origin, abuse and neglect in institutional care are linked to various mental health problems. By providing a manualized training workshop for caregivers, we aimed at improving care quality and preventing maltreatment in institutional care. In Study 1, 29 participating caregivers rated feasibility and efficacy of the training immediately before, directly after, and 3 months following the training workshop. The results showed high demand, good feasibility, high motivation, and acceptance of caregivers. They reported improvements in caregiver-child relationships, as well as in the children's behavior. Study 2 assessed exposure to maltreatment and the mental health of 28 orphans living in one institution in which all caregivers had been trained. The children were interviewed 20 months before, 1 month before, and 3 months after the training. Children reported a decrease in physical maltreatment and assessments showed a decrease in mental health problems. Our approach seems feasible under challenging circumstances and provides first hints for its efficacy. These promising findings call for further studies testing the efficacy and sustainability of this maltreatment prevention approach.
|
Subject (DDC): | 150 Psychology |
Keywords: | Sub-Saharan Africa, attachment, care quality, child maltreatment, institutional care, mental health, orphans, violence |
Link to License: | Attribution 4.0 International |
Bibliography of Konstanz: | Yes |
HERMENAU, Katharin, Elisa KALTENBACH, Getrude MKINGA, Tobias HECKER, 2015. Improving care quality and preventing maltreatment in institutional care : a feasibility study with caregivers. In: Frontiers in Psychology. 6, 937. eISSN 1664-1078. Available under: doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00937
@article{Hermenau2015Impro-32001, title={Improving care quality and preventing maltreatment in institutional care : a feasibility study with caregivers}, year={2015}, doi={10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00937}, volume={6}, journal={Frontiers in Psychology}, author={Hermenau, Katharin and Kaltenbach, Elisa and Mkinga, Getrude and Hecker, Tobias}, note={Article Number: 937} }
<rdf:RDF xmlns:dcterms="http://purl.org/dc/terms/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#" xmlns:bibo="http://purl.org/ontology/bibo/" xmlns:dspace="http://digital-repositories.org/ontologies/dspace/0.1.0#" xmlns:foaf="http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/" xmlns:void="http://rdfs.org/ns/void#" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#" > <rdf:Description rdf:about="https://kops.uni-konstanz.de/rdf/resource/123456789/32001"> <dc:contributor>Hermenau, Katharin</dc:contributor> <dcterms:isPartOf rdf:resource="https://kops.uni-konstanz.de/rdf/resource/123456789/43"/> <dc:contributor>Hecker, Tobias</dc:contributor> <dcterms:rights rdf:resource="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"/> <dc:date rdf:datatype="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime">2015-10-28T09:38:39Z</dc:date> <dcterms:abstract xml:lang="eng">Institutionalized children in low-income countries often face maltreatment and inadequate caregiving. In addition to prior traumatization and other childhood adversities in the family of origin, abuse and neglect in institutional care are linked to various mental health problems. By providing a manualized training workshop for caregivers, we aimed at improving care quality and preventing maltreatment in institutional care. In Study 1, 29 participating caregivers rated feasibility and efficacy of the training immediately before, directly after, and 3 months following the training workshop. The results showed high demand, good feasibility, high motivation, and acceptance of caregivers. They reported improvements in caregiver-child relationships, as well as in the children's behavior. Study 2 assessed exposure to maltreatment and the mental health of 28 orphans living in one institution in which all caregivers had been trained. The children were interviewed 20 months before, 1 month before, and 3 months after the training. Children reported a decrease in physical maltreatment and assessments showed a decrease in mental health problems. Our approach seems feasible under challenging circumstances and provides first hints for its efficacy. These promising findings call for further studies testing the efficacy and sustainability of this maltreatment prevention approach.</dcterms:abstract> <dc:language>eng</dc:language> <dspace:hasBitstream rdf:resource="https://kops.uni-konstanz.de/bitstream/123456789/32001/3/Hermenau_0-301533.pdf"/> <dc:creator>Hecker, Tobias</dc:creator> <dcterms:available rdf:datatype="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime">2015-10-28T09:38:39Z</dcterms:available> <bibo:uri rdf:resource="http://kops.uni-konstanz.de/handle/123456789/32001"/> <dc:rights>Attribution 4.0 International</dc:rights> <dc:creator>Hermenau, Katharin</dc:creator> <dspace:isPartOfCollection rdf:resource="https://kops.uni-konstanz.de/rdf/resource/123456789/43"/> <dcterms:issued>2015</dcterms:issued> <dc:creator>Mkinga, Getrude</dc:creator> <dc:creator>Kaltenbach, Elisa</dc:creator> <dcterms:hasPart rdf:resource="https://kops.uni-konstanz.de/bitstream/123456789/32001/3/Hermenau_0-301533.pdf"/> <void:sparqlEndpoint rdf:resource="http://localhost/fuseki/dspace/sparql"/> <dc:contributor>Kaltenbach, Elisa</dc:contributor> <dcterms:title>Improving care quality and preventing maltreatment in institutional care : a feasibility study with caregivers</dcterms:title> <dc:contributor>Mkinga, Getrude</dc:contributor> <foaf:homepage rdf:resource="http://localhost:8080/jspui"/> </rdf:Description> </rdf:RDF>
Hermenau_0-301533.pdf | 576 |