Day care

Who :NICHD; National institution of child health and human development 

Procedure: Lognitudinal study; 1000 children from 10 diffrent countries. Assed during regular intervals. 

Findings: Age 5; more time spent at day care, children were disobdeint and aggressive. Children in full time day care; x3 likley to show behaviour problems; shotuing, lying, arguing. 

Conclsions: Day care can have a negative impact upon social developemt and aggressiveness  

Who: Belsky & Rovine

Procedure: Assessed attatchment using the strange situation. 

Findings: Children that had over 20 hours of day care a week before they were 1 were insecruey attatched, comapred with children that stay at home. 

Conclusions: Day care leads to insecurley attached, less succesful in peer relations

Who: Alison Clarke Stewart

Procedure: 150 children studied

Findings: Those in day care had better social skills and social development. Whilst children who stayed at home with their mums found it hard to react with their peers and others

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Who: Field

Findings: More time spent in day care postivley correlates the number of freidns a child has ** ADDED INFO