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ERIC Number: EJ331934
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1985
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Child Care Arrangements and Children's Functioning: A Comparison of Self-Care and Adult-Care Children.
Rodman, Hyman; And Others
Developmental Psychology, v21 n3 p413-18 May 1985
Self-care children were compared with control children in adult care to investigate whether self-care (latchkey) arrangements have negative consequences for children. On several measures of children's social and psychological functioning, no significant differences were found between two matched samples. (Author/DST)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Patterns, Child Rearing, Children, Elementary Education, Interpersonal Relationship, Junior High Schools, Latchkey Children, Psychological Characteristics, School Age Day Care, Social Adjustment
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Adult Supervised Children; Self Care