Journal article
Child-Care History and Kindergarten Adjustment
Developmental psychology, v 30(5), pp 690-700
Sep 1994
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Abstract
Parents gave histories of 589 children just before kindergarten. Children were later assessed with teacher, peer, and observer measures of social adjustment in school. Children with higher day-care amounts in each of 3 eras (0-1, 1-4, and 4-5 years) scored higher on the composite negative adjustment and lower on positive adjustment (however, they also scored lower on teacher-rated internalizing problems). Day care predicted even after statistical control for measures representing alternative explanations, such as family stress and socioeconomic status, accounting for 2.7% of variance in negative adjustment and 2.9% of positive adjustment. Interactions between day care and other variables did not add to predictions of the molar adjustment composites. Extensive infancy care did not in itself predict adjustment, according to planned contrasts that controlled for total amount of day care received across the 3 eras of the child's life.
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- Title
- Child-Care History and Kindergarten Adjustment
- Creators
- John E Bates - Indiana University BloomingtonDenny Marvinney - Department of Psychology, Indiana UniversityTimothy Kelly - Department of Psychology and Human Development, Vanderbilt UniversityKenneth A Dodge - Department of Psychology and Human Development, Vanderbilt UniversityDavid S Bennett - Eastern Pennsylvania Psychiatric Institute, PhiladelphiaGregory S Pettit - Department of Family and Child Development, Auburn University
- Publication Details
- Developmental psychology, v 30(5), pp 690-700
- Publisher
- American Psychological Association
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Psychiatry
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:A1994PG03200009
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-21844499212
- Other Identifier
- 991019184034704721
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- Web of Science research areas
- Psychology, Developmental