Center-Based Care for Young Children: Examining Predictors of Quality

The authors collected information from caregivers, trained observers, and parents to investigate quality elements in child-care programs designed for young children in center-based settings. Participants were 75 parents of children aged 15 to 36 months and their caregivers from 13 child-care centers...

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Published in:The Journal of genetic psychology 2002-03, Vol.163 (1), p.112-125
Main Authors: Ghazvini, Alisa, Mullis, Ronald L.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Benchmarking
Biological and medical sciences
Caregiver Training
Caregivers
Child care
Child Day Care Centers - standards
Child development
Child, Preschool
childhood
Cognitive Development
Consumer Behavior
Day care centers
Developmental psychology
Environment
Florida
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Humans
Infant
Multivariate Analysis
Newborn. Infant
Personnel Staffing and Scheduling
Preschool Children
Professional-Family Relations
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
quality care
Regression Analysis
Young Children
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Summary:The authors collected information from caregivers, trained observers, and parents to investigate quality elements in child-care programs designed for young children in center-based settings. Participants were 75 parents of children aged 15 to 36 months and their caregivers from 13 child-care centers in a southeastern state. Observers collected indicators of program quality and process and structural quality indicators, including adult-child ratio, group size, use of planned activities, use of child-designated space, housekeeping activities, and caregiver-child interactions. Participants responded to questions regarding their child-rearing beliefs, social support networks, perceived stress levels, and demographic characteristics. The best predictors of higher quality care and sensitive caregiver-child interaction in centers were specialized caregiver training, higher adult-child ratios, use of planned activities, and less perceived stress by caregivers. Implications of these findings are discussed.
ISSN:0022-1325
1940-0896
DOI:10.1080/00221320209597972