External childcare and socio-behavioral development in Switzerland: Long-term relations from childhood into young adulthood

This study examined early external childcare in relation to development from age 7 to 20. A Swiss sample was used (N = 1,225; 52% male). Development included multi-informant-reported externalizing behavior, internalizing problems, prosocial behavior, delinquency, and substance use. Growth curve mode...

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Published in:PloS one 2022-03, Vol.17 (3), p.e0263571-e0263571
Main Authors: Averdijk, Margit, Ribeaud, Denis, Eisner, Manuel
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adolescent development
Adult
Age
Behavior
Bias
Biology and Life Sciences
Child
Child Behavior Disorders
Child Care
Child care services
Child development
Childhood
Children
Children & youth
Day care centers
Daycare
Delinquency
Families & family life
Female
Humans
Literature reviews
Male
Medicine and Health Sciences
Mothers
Parents & parenting
People and Places
Psychological aspects
Psychological research
Social aspects
Social Sciences
Substance use
Substance-Related Disorders
Switzerland
Young Adult
Young adults
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Summary:This study examined early external childcare in relation to development from age 7 to 20. A Swiss sample was used (N = 1,225; 52% male). Development included multi-informant-reported externalizing behavior, internalizing problems, prosocial behavior, delinquency, and substance use. Growth curve models revealed that, dependent on the informant, time in a daycare center was related to increased externalizing and internalizing problems until at least age 11. It was not related to delinquency. Roughly three days per week at a daycare mother or playgroup was related to increased externalizing behavior. External family care was associated with increased prosocial behavior. Finally, time in a daycare center was associated with fewer externalizing but more internalizing problems and substance use for children from vulnerable backgrounds. This relation with substance use lasted to age 20.
ISSN:1932-6203
1932-6203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0263571