Effects of nonmaternal care in the first 3years on children's academic skills and behavioral functioning in childhood and early adolescence: A sibling comparison study

Child Development

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1076-1091

  Jaffee, Sara R ^a   Van Hulle, Carol ^b   Rodgers, Joseph L ^c  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD CARE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD REARING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SIBLING; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ATTENTION DEFICIT AND DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD CARE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD REARING; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SIBLINGS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960162970     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2011.01611.x     Document Type: Article

References (72)

1. Aaronson, D. (1998). Using sibling data to estimate the impact of neighborhoods on children's educational outcomes. Journal of Human Resources, 33, 915-946.
2. Allison, P. (1990). Change scores as dependent variables in regression analysis. In C. C. Clogg (Ed.), Sociological methodology, 1990 (pp. 93-114). Oxford, UK: Blackwell.
3. Amato, P. R. (2001). Children of divorce in the 1990s: An update of the Amato and Keith (1991) meta-analysis. Journal of Family Psychology, 15, 355-370.
4. Andersson, B.-E. (1989). Effects of public day-care: A longitudinal study. Child Development, 60, 857-866.
5. Aughinbaugh, A. (2004). The impact of attrition on the children of the NLSY79. Journal of Human Resources, 39, 536-563.
6. Aughinbaugh, A., & Gittleman, M. (2004). Maternal employment and adolescent risky behavior. Journal of Health Economics, 23, 815-838.
7. Baker, P. C., Keck, C. C., Mott, F. L., & Quinlan, S. V. (1993). NLSY child handbook revised edition: A guide to the 1986-1990 NLSY child data. Columbus: Ohio State University, Center for Human Resource Research.
8. Baker, P. C., & Mott, F. L. (1989). NLSY child handbook 1989. Columbus: Ohio State University, Center for Human Resource Research.
9. Bates, J. E., Marvinney, D., Kelly, T., Dodge, K. A., Bennett, D. S., & Pettit, G. S. (1994). Child-care history and kindergarten adjustment. Developmental Psychology, 30, 690-700.
10. Baum, C. L. (2004). The long-term effects of early and recent maternal employment on a child's academic achievement. Journal of Family Issues, 25, 29-60.
11. Belsky, J. (2001). Developmental risks still associated with early child care. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 42, 845-859.
12. Belsky, J., & Rovine, M. J. (1988). Nonmaternal care in the 1st year of life and the security of infant-parent attachment. Child Development, 59, 157-167.
13. Belsky, J., Vandell, D. L., Burchinal, M., Clarke-Stewart, K. A., McCartney, K., & Owen, M. T. (2007). Are there long-term effects of early child care? Child Development, 78, 681-701.
14. Borge, A. I. H., Rutter, M., Côté, S. M., & Tremblay, R. E. (2004). Early childcare and physical aggression: Differentiating social selection and social causation. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 45, 367-376.
15. Burchinal, M. R., & Clarke-Stewart, K. A. (2007). Maternal employment and child cognitive outcomes: The importance of analytic approach. Developmental Psychology, 43, 1140-1155.
16. Burchinal, M. R., & Nelson, L. (2000). Family selection and child care experiences: Implications for studies of child outcomes. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 15, 385-411.
17. Carlin, J. B., Li, N., Greenwood, P., & Coffey, C. (2003). Tools for analyzing multiple imputed datasets. Stata Journal, 3, 226-244.
18. Caspi, A. (1998). Personality development across the lifecourse. In N. Eisenberg (Ed.), Handbook of child psychology: Vol. 3. Social, emotional, and personality development (pp. 311-388). New York: Wiley.
19. Cassidy, J. (1999). The nature of the child's ties. In J. Cassidy & P. R. Shaver (Eds.), Handbook of attachment: Theory, research, and clinical applications (pp. 3-20). New York: Guilford.
20. Caughy, M. O., DiPietro, J. A., & Strobino, D. M. (1994). Day-care participation as a protective factor in the cognitive development of low-income children. Child Development, 65, 457-471.
21. Chase-Lansdale, P. L., Mott, F. L., Brooks-Gunn, J., & Phillips, D. A. (1991). Children of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth: A unique research opportunity. Developmental Psychology, 27, 918-931.
22. Côté, S. M., Boivin, M., Nagin, D. S., Japel, C., Xu, Q., Zoccolillo, M., et al. (2007). The role of maternal education and nonmaternal care services in the prevention of children's physical aggression problems. Archives of General Psychiatry, 64, 1305-1312.
23. Côté, S. M., Borge, A. I., Geoffroy, M.-C., Rutter, M., & Tremblay, R. E. (2008). Nonmaternal care in infancy and emotional/behavioral difficulties at 4years old: Moderation by family risk characteristics. Developmental Psychology, 44, 155-168.
24. Creps, C. L., & Vernon-Feagans, L. (1999). Preschoolers' social behavior in day care: Links with entering day care in the first year. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 20, 461-479.
25. Deary, I. J., Irwing, P., Der, G., & Bates, T. C. (2007). Brother-sister differences in the g factor in intelligence: Analysis of full, opposite-sex siblings from the NLSY1979. Intelligence, 35, 451-456.
26. Desai, S., Chase-Lansdale, P. L., & Michael, R. T. (1989). Mother or market: Effects of maternal employment on the intellectual ability of 4-year-old children. Demography, 26, 545-561.
27. Duncan, G. J., Magnuson, K. A., & Ludwig, J. (2004). The endogeneity problem in developmental studies. Research in Human Development, 1, 59-80.
28. Dunn, L. M., & Markwardt, F. C. (1970). Peabody Individual Achievement Test Manual. Circle Pines, MN: American Guidance Service.
29. Early, D. M., & Burchinal, M. R. (2001). Early childhood care: Relations with family characteristics and preferred care characteristics. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 16, 475-497.
30. Erel, O., Oberman, Y., & Yirmiya, N. (2000). Maternal versus nonmaternal care and seven domains of children's development. Psychological Bulletin, 126, 727-747.
31. Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics. (2007). America's children in brief: Key national indicators of children's well-being. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office.
32. Field, T., Masi, W., Goldstein, S., Perry, S., & Parl, S. (1988). Infant day care facilitates preschool social behavior. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 3, 341-359.
33. Frey, M. C., & Detterman, D. K. (2004). Scholastic assessment or g? Psychological Science, 15, 373-378.
34. Fuller, B., Holloway, S. D., & Liang, X. (1996). Family selection of child-care centers: The influence of household support, ethnicity, and parental practices. Child Development, 67, 3320-3337.
35. Geoffroy, M.-C., Côté, S. M., Borge, A. I. H., Larouche, F., Séguin, J. R., & Rutter, M. (2007). Association between nonmaternal care in the first year of life and children's receptive language skills prior to school entry: The moderating role of socioeconomic status. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 48, 490-497.
36. Han, W.-J., Waldfogel, J., & Brooks-Gunn, J. (2001). The effects of early maternal employment on later cognitive and behavioral outcomes. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 63, 336-354.
37. Hausfather, A., Toharia, A., LaRoche, C., & Engelsmann, F. (1997). Effects of age of entry, day-care quality, and family characteristics on preschool behavior. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 38, 441-448.
38. Hill, J. L., Waldfogel, J., Brooks-Gunn, J., & Han, W.-J. (2005). Maternal employment and child development: A fresh look using newer methods. Developmental Psychology, 41, 833-850.
39. James-Burdumy, S. (2005). The effect of maternal labor force participation on child development. Journal of Labor Economics, 23, 177-211.
40. Kyllonen, P. C. (1993). Aptitude testing inspired by information processing: A test of the four-sources model. Journal of General Psychology, 120, 375-405.
41. Lamb, M. E., Hwang, C.-P., Bookstein, F. L., Broberg, A., Hult, G., & Frodi, M. (1988). Determinants of social competence in Swedish preschoolers. Developmental Psychology, 24, 58-70.
42. Lamb, M. E., Hwang, C.-P., Broberg, A., & Bookstein, F. L. (1988). The effects of out-of-home care on the development of social competence in Sweden: A longitudinal study. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 3, 379-402.
43. Leibowitz, A., Waite, L. J., & Witsberger, C. (1988). Child care for preschoolers: Differences by child's age. Demography, 25, 205-220.
44. Loeb, S., Bridges, M., Bassok, D., Fuller, B., & Rumberger, R. W. (2007). How much is too much? The influence of preschool centers on children's social and cognitive development. Economics of Education Review, 26, 52-66.
45. NICHD Early Child Care Research Network. (1997a). Familial factors associated with the characteristics of nonmaternal care for infants. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 59, 389-408.
46. NICHD Early Child Care Research Network. (1997b). The effects of infant child care on infant-mother attachment security: Results of the NICHD Study of Early Child Care. Child Development, 68, 860-879.
47. NICHD Early Child Care Research Network. (2003). Does amount of time spent in child care predict socioemotional adjustment during the transition to kindergarten? Child Development, 74, 976-1005.
48. NICHD Early Child Care Research Network. (2006). Child-care effect sizes for the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development. American Psychologist, 61, 99-116.
49. Park, K. J., & Honig, A. S. (1991). Infant child care patterns and later teacher ratings of preschool behaviors. Early Child Development and Care, 68, 89-96.
50. Peterson, J. L., & Zill, N. (1986). Marital disruption, parent-child relationships, and children's behavior problems. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 48, 295-307.
51. Pungello, E. P., & Kurtz-Costes, B. (1999). Why and how working women choose child care: A review with a focus on infancy. Developmental Review, 19, 31-96.
52. Reiss, D., Neiderhiser, J. M., Hetherington, E. M., & Plomin, R. (2000). The relationship code: Deciphering genetic and social influences on adolescent development. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
53. Roberts, R. D., Goff, G. N., Anjoul, F., Kyllonen, P. C., Pallier, G., & Stankov, L. (2000). The Armed Services Vocational Aptitute Battery (ASVAB): Little more than acculturated learning (Gc)!? Learning and Individual Differences, 12, 81-103.
54. Rodgers, J. L., Cleveland, H. H., van den Oord, E., & Rowe, D. C. (2000). Resolving the debate over birth order, family size, and intelligence. American Psychologist, 55, 599-612.
55. Rogers, W. H. (1993). Regression standard errors in clustered samples. Stata Technical Bulletin, 13, 19-23.
56. Royston, P. (2004). Multiple imputation of missing values. Stata Journal, 4, 227-241.
57. Royston, P. (2005). Multiple imputation of missing values: Update of ice. Stata Journal, 5, 527-536.
58. Rubenstein, J. L., Howes, C., & Boyle, P. (1981). A two-year follow-up of infants in community-based day care. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 22, 209-218.
59. Schafer, J. L., & Graham, J. W. (2002). Missing data: Our view of the state of the art. Psychological Methods, 7, 147-177.
60. Schwarz, J. C., Strickland, R. G., & Krolick, G. (1974). Infant day care: Behavioral effects at preschool age. Developmental Psychology, 10, 502-506.
61. Singer, J. D., Fuller, B., Keiley, M. K., & Wolf, A. (1998). Early child-care selection: Variation by geographic location, maternal characteristics, and family structure. Developmental Psychology, 34, 1129-1144.
62. StataCorp. (2007). Stata statistical software: Release 10.0. College Station, TX: Stata Press.
63. Sylva, K., Stein, A., Leach, P., Barnes, J., Malmberg, L.-E., & FCCC-team (2007). Family and child factors related to the use of non-maternal infant care: An English study. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 22, 118-136.
64. Thompson, R. A. (2001). Sensitive periods in attachment? In D. B. J. Bailey, J. T. Bruer, F. J. Symons, & J. W. Lichtman (Eds.), Critical thinking about critical periods (pp. 83-106). Baltimore, MD: Brookes.
65. Turkheimer, E., & Waldron, M. (2000). Non-shared environment: A theoretical, methodological, and quantitative review. Psychological Bulletin, 126, 78-108.
66. Vandell, D. L., & Corasaniti, M. A. (1990). Variations in early child care: Do they predict subsequent social, emotional, and cognitive differences? Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 5, 555-572.
67. von Hippel, P. T. (2007). Regression with missing Ys: An improved strategy for analyzing multiply imputed data. Sociological Methodology, 37, 83-117.
68. Waldfogel, J. (2002). Child care, women's employment, and child outcomes. Journal of Population Economics, 15, 527-548.
69. Waldfogel, J., Han, W.-J., & Brooks-Gunn, J. (2002). The effects of early maternal employment on child cognitive development. Demography, 39, 369-392.
70. Webb, S. J., Monk, C. S., & Nelson, C. A. (2001). Mechanisms of postnatal neurobiological development: Implications for human development. Developmental Neuropsychology, 19, 147-171.
71. Wessels, H., Lamb, M. E., Hwang, C. P., & Broberg, A. G. (1997). Personality development between 1 and 8years of age in Swedish children with varying child care experiences. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 21, 771-794.
72. Williams, R. L. (2000). A note on robust variance estimation for cluster-correlated data. Biometrics, 56, 645-646.