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Impact of child care arrangements on A ustralian children's cognitive outcome: moderation effects of parental factors
Author(s) -
Lee Kyunghee
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
child and family social work
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.912
H-Index - 57
eISSN - 1365-2206
pISSN - 1356-7500
DOI - 10.1111/cfs.12127
Subject(s) - affect (linguistics) , moderation , paternal care , cognition , child care , medicine , psychology , developmental psychology , pediatrics , psychiatry , social psychology , pregnancy , communication , biology , offspring , genetics
This study examines the effects of child care arrangements on children's cognitive outcomes. It is a secondary analysis, using data on 5107 children born in 2004 and their families from G rowing U p in A ustralia: The L ongitudinal S tudy of A ustralian C hildren. Data were collected in 2004 (Wave One), in 2006 (Wave Two) and in 2008 (Wave Three). This study asks (i) Do children receiving non‐parental child care have different cognitive developmental outcomes at ages 4–5, compared with those who never had non‐parental child care during the first 3 years of life? Do parental factors affect these associations?; and (ii) among children with non‐parental child care, do child care characteristics such as types of care, quantity, entry age and stability of child care affect child outcomes? Do parental factors affect child outcomes? The study's findings suggest that children in non‐parental child care had higher P eabody P icture V ocabulary T est scores at age 5. Among children in non‐parental child care arrangements, quantity and entry age of non‐parental child care affected children's cognitive developmental outcomes. Along with child care arrangements, parental mental health was associated with children's cognitive outcomes.