Abstract

DASCANIO, Denise; RODRIGUES, Olga Maria Rolim  and  VALLE, Tania Gracy Martins do. Relationship between parenting styles and intellectual development in the children'swith blood lead level. Aval. psicol. [online]. 2010, vol.9, n.3, pp.461-470. ISSN 1677-0471.

This study investigated the children’s intellectual development with high and low blood lead level with the parenting styles in the respective interactions with these children. The WISC-III and IEP (Parenting Styles Inventory) were used. Were studied 40 children, with ages among 7 to 13 years old, and 40 parents, who lived in a risk spot near the contamination area. The children were divided into two groups: G1 - 20 children with blood lead level above 10µg/dl; and G2 - 20 children with blood lead level lower than 10µg/dl. The results indicated damages on WISC-III for the children with Pb-S than10µg/dl and prevalence of practices educational negatives were found in both groups, with statistical difference (5%). The environmental stimulation can minimize the damages caused by the lead poisoning, and the parent’s positive educative practice can contribute as modulator of the lead’s effect.

Keywords : Poisoning; Infantile development; Parenting styles.

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