Aim: to investigate the impact of daycare on aggression
- Studied over 3000 Canadian children, comparing those who attended daycare with those kept at home
- Mothers filled out a questionnaire rating their children on how often they physically hurt other children, and how they responded when they themselves were accidentally hurt
Results
- Children kept at home generally displayed more aggression than those who attended daycare.
Conclusion: Attending daycare reduces the risk of aggressive behaviour in children, possibly due to increased socialisation with children of the same age.
HOWEVER, some kept at home also came from disadvantaged backgrounds. This may have contributed to aggression
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