Are there long-term effects of early child care?

Child Development

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 681-701

  Belsky, Jay ^a   Vandell, Deborah Lowe ^b   Burchinal, Margaret ^c   Clarke Stewart, K Alison ^b   McCartney, Kathleen ^d   Owen, Margaret Tresch ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD REARING; CONTROL; DAY CARE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LINGUISTICS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PERSONALITY TEST; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIALIZATION; STATISTICS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; CHILD; CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD REARING; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PARENTING; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; SOCIALIZATION; STATISTICS; VOCABULARY;

EID: 33947492806     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2007.01021.x     Document Type: Article

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