ERIC Number: EJ876016
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Publication Date: 2010-Mar
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Differential Susceptibility to Parenting and Quality Child Care
Pluess, Michael; Belsky, Jay
Developmental Psychology, v46 n2 p379-390 Mar 2010
Research on differential susceptibility to rearing suggests that infants with difficult temperaments are disproportionately affected by parenting and child care quality, but a major U.S. child care study raises questions as to whether quality of care influences social adjustment. One thousand three hundred sixty-four American children from reasonably diverse backgrounds were followed from 1 month to 11 years with repeated observational assessments of parenting and child care quality, as well as teacher report and standardized assessments of children's cognitive-academic and social functioning, to determine whether those with histories of difficult temperament proved more susceptible to early rearing effects at ages 10 and 11. Evidence for such differential susceptibility emerges in the case of both parenting and child care quality and with respect to both cognitive-academic and social functioning. Differential susceptibility to parenting and child care quality extends to late middle childhood. J. Belsky, D. L. Vandell, et al.'s (2007) failure to consider such temperament-moderated rearing effects in their evaluation of long-term child care effects misestimates effects of child care quality on social adjustment. (Contains 1 table and 2 figures.)
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Personality Traits, Child Development, Cognitive Development, Social Development, At Risk Persons, Infants, Children, Age Differences, Social Adjustment, Child Care, Parenting Styles, Longitudinal Studies, Questionnaires, Academic Achievement, Observation, Parent Child Relationship
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Home Observation for Measurement of Environment; Child Behavior Checklist; Social Skills Rating System; Student Teacher Relationship Scale; Woodcock Johnson Psycho Educational Battery
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