Deater-Deckard K, Pinkerton R, Scarr S
Institute of Psychiatry, London, U.K.
J Child Psychol Psychiatry. 1996 Nov;37(8):937-48. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.1996.tb01491.x.
Studies of extensive, full-time child care in infancy and early childhood have shown negative, positive and no effects on children's social-emotional development. The current study explored the prediction of children's behavioral adjustment 4 years after assessments of daycare center quality (e.g. caregiver-child interactions, caregiver-to-child ratios) and of the home and family environment (e.g. parental stress, discipline). Participants included 141 school-age children (73 girls) and their employed mothers (91% Euro-American) who had made use of full-time child care when the children were toddlers or preschoolers. Home environment factors and earlier behaviors were predictive of individual differences in adjustment 4 years later, particularly for maternal ratings of child behaviors. By contrast, indicators of center quality were generally unrelated to mother and teacher ratings of behavioral adjustment.
对婴幼儿期广泛的全日制儿童保育的研究表明，其对儿童的社会情感发展有消极、积极和无影响等不同情况。本研究探讨了在对日托中心质量（如照顾者与儿童的互动、照顾者与儿童的比例）以及家庭环境（如父母压力、管教方式）进行评估4年后，对儿童行为调适的预测情况。参与者包括141名学龄儿童（73名女孩）及其职业母亲（91%为欧美裔），这些儿童在幼儿期或学龄前曾接受全日制儿童保育。家庭环境因素和早期行为能够预测4年后个体在调适方面的差异，尤其是母亲对孩子行为的评分。相比之下，日托中心质量指标通常与母亲和教师对行为调适的评分无关。
