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Are there long-term effects of early child care?
- Source :
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Child development [Child Dev] 2007 Mar-Apr; Vol. 78 (2), pp. 681-701. - Publication Year :
- 2007
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Abstract
- Effects of early child care on children's functioning from 4(1/2) years through the end of 6th grade (M age=12.0 years) were examined in the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development (n=1,364). The results indicated that although parenting was a stronger and more consistent predictor of children's development than early child-care experience, higher quality care predicted higher vocabulary scores and more exposure to center care predicted more teacher-reported externalizing problems. Discussion focuses on mechanisms responsible for these effects, the potential collective consequences of small child-care effects, and the importance of the ongoing follow-up at age 15.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0009-3920
- Volume :
- 78
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Child development
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 17381797
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8624.2007.01021.x