The Effects of Day Care on Young Children: An Environmental Psychology Approach.

Falender, Carol A.; Mehrabian, Albert

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Publication Date: 1979-Mar

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The Effects of Day Care on Young Children: An Environmental Psychology Approach.

Falender, Carol A.; Mehrabian, Albert

Journal of Psychology, v101 p241-55 Mar 1979

Presents a framework for characterizing the emotional impact of day care environments, using pleasure, arousal, and dominance-submissiveness dimensions to predict children's emotional reactions to day care and to separation from their parents, their active involvement in day care, and the extended effects of day care on their cognitive development. (RL)

Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Arousal Patterns, Child Care, Cognitive Development, Day Care, Emotional Response, Environmental Influences, Preschool Children, Preschool Education, Psychological Needs, Psychological Patterns, Socialization

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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