TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1986//
TI  - The influence of model infant--toddler group care on parent-child interaction at home
JO  - Early childhood research quarterly
A1  - Edwards, Carolyn Pope
A1  - Logue, Mary Ellin
A1  - Loehr, Sandra
A1  - Roth, Sanford
SP  - 317
EP  - 332
VL  - 1
IS  - 4
N2  - 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 "child-centered" 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 "spot" 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 "teacher-avoided" 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 /> 
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SN  - 0885-2006
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0885-2006(86)90010-4
ID  - ref1
ER  -