@article{ref1,
title="The influence of model infant--toddler group care on parent-child interaction at home",
journal="Early childhood research quarterly",
year="1986",
author="Edwards, Carolyn Pope and Logue, Mary Ellin and Loehr, Sandra and Roth, Sanford",
volume="1",
number="4",
pages="317-332",
abstract="The effects of day care participation on parent-child interaction at home were assessed using a university-based, half-day model infant--toddler program. Hypotheses concerned whether &quot;child-centered&quot; features of the physical and social environment were carried over by parents to the home. Nineteen matched pairs of center and noncenter children (ages 2 to 24 months at start) were followed for 8 months. All had employed student mothers. Methods included brief parent-reported &quot;spot&quot; observations, a videotaped observation of a bathing or feeding routine, and home environment assessments. Parents showed few group differences during the first half of the study period. At study end, however, center homes were more child-centered with respect to play, safety, and dinner arrangements. Center parents scored higher in proximity and warmth and lower in &quot;teacher-avoided&quot; behaviors. Noncenter parents at study end scored higher in authority (limit setting) and communicating values and labels. The findings are interpreted as supporting an ecological model of substantial intersection and cross-influence between home and day care settings.<p />",
language="",
issn="0885-2006",
doi="10.1016/0885-2006(86)90010-4",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0885-2006(86)90010-4"
}