This study aimed to investigate the relationship between levels of maternal stress and
child development. For this, were stipulated specific objectives that correspond to the
two constituent articles of the dissertation. The first proposes a systematic literature
review, aiming to map the dissertations and theses on maternal stress and child
development, available on the website of Higher Education Staff Improvement
Coordination (Capes). The second paper is an empirical study that investigated the
association between levels of maternal stress and development of children 1-42
months are the two groups, living in riverine and urban context of the city of Belém do
Pará. As a result it was possible to identify the variables and the relationships between
them that influence the level of stress of mothers and the status of children's
development, culminating in the construction of a knowledge network that could allow
understanding of these processes. It is understood that the dyad of these situations are
exposed to multiple risk factors for incidence of developmental delays and rising
levels of maternal stress, especially by low socioeconomic status observed. Social and
economic risk factors cumulative are considered more adverse than isolated events, so
the multiplier effect, in which a factor aggravating the other, form a network of
negative factors both in intensity and in chronicity.
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