The relationship between responsive caregiving and child outcomes: evidence from direct observations of mother-child dyads in Pakistan
Scherer E, Hagaman A, Chung E, Rahman A, O’Donnell K, Maselko J. The relationship between responsive caregiving and child outcomes: evidence from direct observations of mother-child dyads in Pakistan. BMC Public Health 2019, 19: 252. PMID: 30819173, PMCID: PMC6396475, DOI: 10.1186/s12889-019-6571-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChildren's socioemotional developmentResponsive caregivingSocioemotional developmentChild developmentCaregiving behaviorChild outcomesMother-child interaction measuresMaternal depressionChildren's socioemotional outcomesMother-child dyadsChild development outcomesHierarchical linear regressionSocioemotional outcomesChild's signalsChild behaviorHome ObservationHOME scoresPhysical outcomesCaregivingLongitudinal studyLower scoresChild's lifeBook activitiesCross-sectional associationsBaseline sociodemographic factors