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Type of Childcare at 18 Months—I. Differences in Interactional Experience
Author(s) -
Melhuish E. C.,
Mooney A.,
Martin S.,
Lloyd E.
Publication year - 1990
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.1469-7610.1990.tb00829.x
Subject(s) - psychology , variation (astronomy) , developmental psychology , longitudinal study , child care , longitudinal data , demography , pediatrics , medicine , sociology , physics , pathology , astrophysics
A longitudinal study has followed two‐parent families and their first‐born child. The families were chosen so that there were three groups of dual‐earner families using relatives, childminders and nurseries for day care and one group of single‐earner families. At 18 mths of age children in the study were observed in the four types of childcare setting. The data from the detailed observations were used to compare the children's interactional experience. The results indicate marked variation in the quality of children's experiences between different childcare settings. Possible reasons for such variation are discussed.