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A TWO‐YEAR FOLLOW‐UP OF INFANTS IN COMMUNITY‐BASED DAY CARE
Author(s) -
Rubenstein Judith L.,
Howes Carollee,
Boyle Patricia
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
journal of child psychology and psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.652
H-Index - 211
eISSN - 1469-7610
pISSN - 0021-9630
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-7610.1981.tb00547.x
Subject(s) - attendance , psychology , day care , anxiety , affect (linguistics) , developmental psychology , language development , day care center , clinical psychology , medicine , psychiatry , nursing , communication , economics , economic growth
SUMMARY Matched groups of day care and home‐reared infants were assessed at 31/2 years of age for aspects of emotional and language development. Measures were Obtained in Structured situations, through formal language teats, and via maternal interviews. Day care children were significantly more non‐compliant to their mothers than were home‐reared children and had significantly more fears and temper tantrums. The two groups of children were Comparable in their greeting behavior upon reunion with their mothers after an hour's separation, in the degree of anxiety manifested during testing; and in the Overall level of behavior problems Day care children had significantly more complex speech and day care mothers used more complex speech to their children. The data suggest that attendance in infant day care did tint adversely affect the children's overall emotional or language development.