[Sensitivity of parents with psychosocial stress].

This explorative study examines differences and similarities in parental sensitivity by mothers and fathers in particularly strained families with infants in the prevention project"Nobody slips through the cracks" ("Keiner fällt durchs Netz"). By means of the CARE index, parental sensitivity of both parents is determined, as well as relations to the factors parental stress, postpartum depression, attachment style, and parents' sense of coherence. An association between maternal and paternal sensitivity is shown. In addition an association between maternal, but not paternal sensitivity and familial stress is reported. Furthermore, a clear difference between mothers' and fathers' sense of coherence is shown. Overall, the CARE index proves to be an adequate instrument for research in the context of early prevention and intervention projects as well as the inclusion of fathers in researching parental sensitivity. Finally, practical implications of these results for interventions in projects of early prevention are discussed.