Does quality of child care affect child outcomes at age 41/2?

被引：116

作者：

Allhusen, V

Belsky, J

Booth, C

Bradley, R

Brownell, CA

Burchinal, M

Caldwell, B

Campbell, SB

Clarke-Stewart, KA

Friedman, SL

Hirsh-Pasek, K

Jaeger, E

Johnson, DJ

Kelly, JF

Knoke, B

Marshall, N

McCartney, K

O'Brien, M

Owen, MT

Payne, C

Phillips, D

Pianta, R

Randolph, SM

Robeson, WW

Spieker, S

Vandell, DL

Weinraub, M

机构：

[1] Univ Calif Irvine, Irvine, CA USA

[2] Univ London, Birkbeck Coll, London, England

[3] Univ Washington, Seattle, WA 98195 USA

[4] Univ Arkansas, Little Rock, AR 72204 USA

[5] Univ Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260 USA

[6] Univ N Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC USA

[7] Univ Arkansas Med Sci, Little Rock, AR 72205 USA

[8] NICHD, Bethesda, MD USA

[9] Temple Univ, Philadelphia, PA 19122 USA

[10] Univ Texas Dallas, Austin, TX 78712 USA

[11] St Josephs Univ, Philadelphia, PA 19131 USA

[12] Michigan State Univ, E Lansing, MI 48824 USA

[13] Res Triangle Inst, Res Triangle Pk, NC 27709 USA

[14] Wellesley Coll, Wellesley, MA 02181 USA

[15] Harvard Univ, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA

[16] Univ N Carolina, Greensboro, NC 27412 USA

[17] Univ Texas Dallas, Dallas, TX 75230 USA

[18] Univ Calif Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521 USA

[19] Georgetown Univ, Washington, DC 20057 USA

[20] Univ Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22903 USA

[21] Univ Maryland, College Pk, MD 20742 USA

[22] Wellesley Coll, Wellesley, MA 02181 USA

[23] Univ Wisconsin, Madison, WI USA

[24] Temple Univ, Philadelphia, PA 19122 USA

来源：

DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY | 2003年 / 39卷 / 03期

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D O I：

10.1037/0012-1649.39.3.451

中图分类号：

B844 [发展心理学（人类心理学）];

学科分类号：

040202 ;

摘要：

Research reveals associations between child-care quality and child outcomes. But are these associations causal? Data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Study of Early Child Care, a longitudinal study of children from birth to age 4(1)/(2), were used to explore 5 propositions that would support a causal argument. Three propositions received support, principally in the cognitive domain: (a) Associations between quality and outcomes remained even with child and family factors controlled; (b) associations between care and outcomes were domain specific; and (c) outcomes were predicted by quality of earlier care with concurrent care controlled. The 4th proposition, that associations between quality and outcomes would be significant with earlier abilities controlled, received limited support. There was no support for the 5th proposition, that quality and outcomes would exhibit dose-response relations.

引用

页码：451 / 469

页数：19

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