Child care effects in context: Quality, stability, and multiplicity in nonmaternal child care arrangements during the first 15 months of life

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 566-582

  Tran, Henry ^a,b   Weinraub, Marsha ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Child care; Infant development; Multiplicity; Quality; Stability

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD CARE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STANDARD;

CHILD CARE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 33746795066     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0012-1649.42.3.566     Document Type: Article

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