Child Care and the Development of Behavior Problems Among Economically Disadvantaged Children in Middle Childhood

Research examining the longer term influences of child care on children's development has expanded in recent years, but few studies have considered low-income children's experiences in community care arrangements. Using data from the Three-City Study (N = 349), the present investigation ex...

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Published in:Child development 2010-09, Vol.81 (5), p.1460-1474
Main Authors: Votruba-Drzal, Elizabeth, Coley, Rebekah Levine, Maldonado-Carreño, Carolina, Li-Grining, Christine P., Chase-Lansdale, P. Lindsay
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
African American Children
African Americans
African Americans - psychology
Behavior Problems
Behaviour disordered children
Behavioural disorders
Biological and medical sciences
Boston
Chicago
Child
Child Behavior Disorders - ethnology
Child Behavior Disorders - prevention & control
Child Care
Child Care - standards
Child Development
Childhood
Children & youth
Community care
Correlation
Developmental psychology
Developmental Stages
Disadvantaged children
Disadvantaged Youth
Economic hardship
Economically Disadvantaged
Educational Quality
Emotions
EMPIRICAL ARTICLES
Externalizing behaviour
Female
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Health care quality
Hispanics
Humans
Income
Longitudinal Studies
Low Income
Low income people
Male
Males
Mothers
Poverty
Preschool children
Preschool education
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Quality of care
Quality standards
Social Behavior
Texas
U.S.A
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Summary:Research examining the longer term influences of child care on children's development has expanded in recent years, but few studies have considered low-income children's experiences in community care arrangements. Using data from the Three-City Study (N = 349), the present investigation examines the influences of child care quality, extent and type on low-income children's development of behavior problems during middle childhood (7-11 years old). Higher levels of child care quality were linked to moderate reductions in externalizing behavior problems. High-quality child care was especially protective against the development of behavior problems for boys and African American children. Child care type and the extent of care that children experienced were generally unrelated to behavior problems in middle childhood.
ISSN:0009-3920
1467-8624
DOI:10.1111/j.1467-8624.2010.01485.x