Sluiter Rosanne M V, Fukkink Ruben G, Fekkes Minne
Research Institute of Child Development and Education, Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, University of Amsterdam, Nieuwe Achtergracht 127, 1018 WS Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Center for Applied Research on Education, Faculty of Education, Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, Wibautstraat 2-4, 1091 GM Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2025 May 14;22(5):775. doi: 10.3390/ijerph22050775.
We investigated the relationship between process quality in early childhood education and care (ECEC) and children's socio-emotional development in a meta-analysis of longitudinal studies. Our multi-level meta-analysis of 31 publications reporting on 16 longitudinal studies (N = 17,913 children, age: 2.5-18 yrs) demonstrates that the process quality of ECEC is a small but significant predictor of children's socio-emotional development over time (ES = 0.103, SE = 0.026, < 0.001, 95% CI: 0.052-0.155). This longitudinal association extends to the age of 18 years in our sample. Process quality of ECEC is, thus, a significant and stable predictor of children's socio-emotional development and well-being from toddlerhood to adolescence. The longitudinal relationship was moderated by the type of care (center-based vs. home-based) and the informant (parent, professional caregiver, external assessor, or self-report of the child). Implications for future ECEC research are discussed.
我们在一项纵向研究的荟萃分析中,调查了幼儿教育与保育(ECEC)中的过程质量与儿童社会情感发展之间的关系。我们对31篇报告16项纵向研究(N = 17913名儿童,年龄:2.5至18岁)的出版物进行的多层次荟萃分析表明,ECEC的过程质量是儿童社会情感随时间发展的一个虽小但显著的预测指标(效应量ES = 0.103,标准误SE = 0.026,P < 0.001,95%置信区间:0.052至0.155)。在我们的样本中,这种纵向关联一直持续到18岁。因此,ECEC的过程质量是儿童从幼儿期到青春期社会情感发展和幸福的一个重要且稳定的预测指标。这种纵向关系受到照料类型(基于中心的照料与基于家庭的照料)和信息提供者(父母、专业照料者、外部评估者或儿童自我报告)的调节。文中讨论了对未来ECEC研究的启示。