Time spent in child care: How and why does it affect social development?

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 621-634

  Huston, Aletha C ^a   Bobbitt, Kaeley C ^a   Bentley, Alison ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b United Way of Greater Austin ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Child care; Externalizing; Problem behavior; Social behavior

Indexed keywords

CAREGIVER; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD CARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PEER GROUP; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TIME;

CAREGIVERS; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD CARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; PEER GROUP; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84928541298     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0038951     Document Type: Article

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