Relations between nonrelative child care (birth to 4½ years) and functioning at age 15 were examined(N = 1,364). Both quality and quantity of child care were linked to adolescent functioning. Effects were similarin size as those observed at younger ages.
Many families place their children in care outside of the home during early childhood. As such, it is important to know the long-term effects of such care.
Bidirectional theories of social development have been around for over 40 years (Bell, 1968), yet they have been applied primarily to the study of antisocial development.
This longitudinal study evaluated the bidirectional relationships between children’s prosocial behavior and parental sensitivity.
Recent years have seen a dramatic increase in war time deployments for military service members. How have young children been affected by single and multiple Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) and Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) deployments?
This study investigated how young children have been affected by single and multiple OIF/OEF deployments. Families were surveyed at two separate times assessing child behavior problems, along with individual and family characteristics.
Developmental trajectories and individual differences in 70 American middle-income 2 ½- to 4-year olds’ moral judgments were examined three times across one year using latent growth modeling.
Children were interviewed three times over the course of a year to explore individual trajectories of change in young children’s understanding of different moral criteria. The influence of age, sex, and temperament on moral development was specifically examined.
This manuscript describes a qualitative study using focus group methods to gain insight into how combat-related parental deployments affect preschool-age children.
There are few helpful resources and research studies on how military families with preschool-age children may be affected by deployment. Focus groups with military families that had at least one preschool-age child examined the emotions and reactions of family members to deployment.