ERIC Number: EJ1030602
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2014
Pages: 21
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ISSN: ISSN-0300-4430
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Child Care Quality and Children's Cognitive and Socio-Emotional Development: An Australian Longitudinal Study
Gialamas, Angela; Mittinty, Murthy N.; Sawyer, Michael G.; Zubrick, Stephen R.; Lynch, John
Early Child Development and Care, v184 n7 p977-997 2014
There is growing evidence that high-quality non-parental child care can contribute to children's learning, development and successful transition to school. Research examining the quality of child care and the effect on children's development is not well documented outside the USA. We used data from the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children to examine the association between domain-specific aspects of child care quality at ages two to three and children's cognitive (receptive vocabulary, literacy, maths proficiency) and socio-emotional development (internalising, externalising behaviours) at ages four to five and six to seven (n?=?772-1136, depending on outcome). After extensive controls for parent, family and child background characteristics, higher quality relationships were associated with higher receptive vocabulary, literacy and maths scores and lower internalising and externalising problem behaviour scores at four to five and these effects although weaker, were still evident at ages six to seven. Activities in child care and provider/programme characteristics of care were not associated with children's developmental outcomes.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Longitudinal Studies, Child Care, Emotional Development, Social Development, Cognitive Development, Early Childhood Education, Child Development, Questionnaires, Caregiver Attitudes, Receptive Language, Academic Achievement, Child Behavior, Socioeconomic Influences, Family Characteristics, Participant Characteristics, Emergent Literacy, Caregiver Child Relationship, Multiple Regression Analysis
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Kindergarten; Preschool Education; Early Childhood Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Australia
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale; Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth; Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test; Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire
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