TY - JOUR
T1 - Child care instability from 6 to 36 months and the social adjustment of children in prekindergarten
AU - The Family LifeProject Key Investigators
AU - Bratsch-Hines, Mary E.
AU - Mokrova, Irina
AU - Vernon-Feagans, Lynne
AU - Feagans, Lynne Vernon
AU - Cox, Martha
AU - Blair, Clancy
AU - Burchinal, Peg
AU - Burton, Linda
AU - Crnic, Keith
AU - Crouter, Ann
AU - Garrett-Peters, Patricia
AU - Greenberg, Mark
AU - Lanza, Stephanie
AU - Mills-Koonce, Roger
AU - Werner, Emily
AU - Willoughby, Michael
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2014 Elsevier Inc.
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - Most children in the United States experience nonparental child care during early childhood, and many children experience changes in their care during this period. Changes in care, or child care instability, have been argued to disrupt children's emerging relationships with others and may impede children's social-emotional development, particularly when changes occur during infancy and toddlerhood. Data for this study were drawn from the Family Life Project, a longitudinal study representative of families living in rural low-wealth areas. With a sample of 1292 children who were followed from six months to prekindergarten, this study examined the associations between cumulative child provider instability (measured as overall changes or changes across or within settings) from 6 to 36 months and children's social adjustment at prekindergarten. A number of factors were included to control for family selection into child care. Results suggested that more overall child care provider instability was negatively associated with teacher ratings of social adjustment at prekindergarten. This association was driven by provider instability across but not within settings, though effect sizes were small. These findings point to an increased need to understand how early child care instability may be related to children's subsequent development.
AB - Most children in the United States experience nonparental child care during early childhood, and many children experience changes in their care during this period. Changes in care, or child care instability, have been argued to disrupt children's emerging relationships with others and may impede children's social-emotional development, particularly when changes occur during infancy and toddlerhood. Data for this study were drawn from the Family Life Project, a longitudinal study representative of families living in rural low-wealth areas. With a sample of 1292 children who were followed from six months to prekindergarten, this study examined the associations between cumulative child provider instability (measured as overall changes or changes across or within settings) from 6 to 36 months and children's social adjustment at prekindergarten. A number of factors were included to control for family selection into child care. Results suggested that more overall child care provider instability was negatively associated with teacher ratings of social adjustment at prekindergarten. This association was driven by provider instability across but not within settings, though effect sizes were small. These findings point to an increased need to understand how early child care instability may be related to children's subsequent development.
KW - Child care instability
KW - Child care provider changes
KW - Low-wealth
KW - Rural
KW - Social-emotional development
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ecresq.2014.09.002
DO - 10.1016/j.ecresq.2014.09.002
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84939971420
SN - 0885-2006
VL - 30
SP - 106
EP - 116
JO - Early Childhood Research Quarterly
JF - Early Childhood Research Quarterly
IS - PA
ER -