Anderson 1989, 1992 looked at nursery care in Sweden and found that children who attended day care were more sociable and more able to get along with peers than those who didn't attend day care.
Schindler, Moely and Frank 198 found that children who spend time in day care play more pro socially. These studies suggest that day care is good for children's social development.
DiLalla 1988 found that children spending time in day care were less cooperative and this got worse the longer they spent in day care each day.
Campbell, Lamb and Hwang 2000 carried out longitudinal study which studied the effects on children of both the quality and quantity of day care. The researchers found that children who spent long sessions in day care were less pro social than those who spend shorter sessions, children who experiences high quality care were more socially competent, social competence seemed to be stable.
Ethical - sensitivity required informed parental consent essential.
Methodological issues - prospectives can observe long term effects, baselines taken so later comparisons valid, range of measures used increases validity, conducted in Sweden where lots of funding is available for child care, therefore difficult to generalise.
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