A form of temporary, not all day/night, care which is provided by someone other that parents outside of the home.
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who were Violata and Russell?
they conducted a meta-anaylsis of 88 DC studies and concluded that more than 20hours a week had an unmistakably negative effect.
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Who was Clarke-Stewart et al.
studied 150 children and found that those in DC were consistantly more advanced in social skills than those who stayed home.
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who was Sylva et al?
studied 3000 children and found that DC resulted in increased independence and social skills
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what are mediating factors of DC?
quality of care, induvidual differences, childs age and number of hours
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what is the problem with low quality of care? + study
results in poor social development - NICHED study
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what is the problem of induvidual differences? + study
shy children may find DC more difficult - Pennebaker et al.
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What is the problem with childs age when starting? + study
Children who start before 18 months are more likley to have negative effects - Gregg et al.
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what is the problem with number of hours? + study
children who attend day care more than 30 hours a week will have more negative effects - Friedman
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what is the weakness of research into DC effects?
there is no evidence about if DC causes any particular behavior later in life
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Describe the NICHD study
longitudinal study in US since 1991 with over 1000 children from diverse backgrounds. found that at age 5 DC children were more assertive, disobidient and 17% were aggressive + those in 30+ hours were three times more likely to have these issues.
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what makes high quality DC?
Low child to staff ratios (NICHD: 3:1), minimal staff turnover (Shaffer), sensitive emotional care (NICHD), qualified + expirienced staff (Sylva)
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who were Violata and Russell?
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they conducted a meta-anaylsis of 88 DC studies and concluded that more than 20hours a week had an unmistakably negative effect.
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