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After-school activities and the development of low-income urban children: A longitudinal study
Posner, Jill K., 1999
Developmental Psychology, 35(3), 868-879

A longitudinal study of the relationships among child characteristics, academic performance, social adjustment, after school program participation and family variables for children from socioeconomically disadvantaged families in third and fifth grade

Reports & Papers

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After-school child care programs
Vandell, Deborah L., 1999
The Future of Children, 9(2), 64-80

An inquiry into the program quality and experiences of children in after-school programs, with an emphasis on the influence of after-school program participation on children’s outcomes

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After-School Environment Scales
Rosenthal, Robert, 1996
Child Development, 67(5), 2434-2445

Instruments

Another look at the elephant: Child care in the nineties
Vandell, Deborah L., 2000
In Resilience across contexts: Family, work, culture, and community. (pp. 91-120). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

An overview of the links between child care and children's outcomes, and a discussion of the role of the family in child care selection and participation, with a focus on the literature of the 1990s

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Are there long-term effects of early child care?
Belsky, Jay, March/April 2007
Child Development, 78(2), 681-701

An analysis of the links between early child care and school-age children's development, socioemotional functioning, and academic performance, based on data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development

Reports & Papers

Charting the benefits of high-quality after-school program experiences: Evidence from new research on improving after-school opportunities for disadvantaged youth
Reisner, Elizabeth R., March 2007
Washington, DC: Policy Studies Associates.

A discussion of the policy implications of a longitudinal study of the relationship of elementary and middle school students' after school experiences, including participation in high-quality after school programs, to their academic, social, and behavioral outcomes

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Child care
Vandell, Deborah L., April 1997
In G.G. Bear, K.M. Minke, & A. Thomas (Eds.), Children's needs II: Development, problems, and alternatives (pp. 721-732). Bethesda, MD: National Association of School Psychologists

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Child care and the family: Complex contributors to child development
Vandell, Deborah L., 1990
New Directions in Child Development, 49(), 23-37

A discussion on the benefits and detriments of long term child care to child development

Reports & Papers

Child care for low-income working families
Wolfe, Barbara, 2002
Focus, 22(1), 106-111

A discussion of child care for low income working families and a review of previous research examining the effects of high-quality child care on young children's developmental outcomes and on parental employment options; also discussed are reasons for public funding of child care

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Child care quality and children's success at school
Vandell, Deborah L., 2003
In A.J. Reynolds, M.C. Wang, & H.J. Walberg (Eds.), Early childhood programs for a new century (pp. 115-139). Washington, DC: Child Welfare League of America

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Child care quality: Does it matter and does it need to be improved?
Vandell, Deborah L., 2000
Madison: University of Wisconsin-Madison, Institute for Research on Poverty.

An investigation of the justification for public intervention to improve the quality of non-parental child care for children from lower-income families adduced from evidence from large- and small-scale studies of the effects of child care on children’s development with a presentation of the economic rationale that emerges from that evidence

Literature Review

Child care quality: Does it matter and does it need to be improved? [Executive summary]
Vandell, Deborah L., 2000
Madison: University of Wisconsin-Madison, Institute for Research on Poverty.

A summary of an exploration of an economic justification for the improvement of child care quality

Executive Summary

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Child-care usage and mother-infant ''quality time''
Booth-LaForce, Cathryn L., 2002
Journal of Marriage and the Family, 64(1), 16-26

A study of mother’s time use and mother-infant interaction in families where infants spent more than 30 hours pet week in child care vs. 0 hours per week from birth to age 6 months

Reports & Papers

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Children of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth: Choices in after-school care and child development
Vandell, Deborah L., 1991
Developmental Psychology, 27(4), 637-643

A longitudinal study of different types of after-school care, what family and parent characteristics dictate the choice of after-school care, and their effects on child development through assessment of 390 third through fifth graders

Reports & Papers

Commentary: After-school programs and structured activities that support children's development
Vandell, Deborah L., March 2002
In R. Garner (Ed.), Hanging out: Community-based after-school programs for children (pp. 167-178). Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishing Group

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Do effects of early child care extend to age 15 years?: Results from the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development
Vandell, Deborah L., May/June 2010
Child Development, 81(3), 737-756

An examination of the relationships between externalizing behavior, impulsivity, risk taking, and academic achievement at age 15 and quality of care, nonrelative child care type, care hours, and center care participation at 4 ½ years, as well as achievement and externalizing behavior at 4 ½ years and grades 1, 3, and 5, from a secondary analysis of data on 1,364 families

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Do regulable features of child-care homes affect children's development?
Clarke-Stewart, K. Alison, 2002
Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 17(1), 52-86

An analysis of the links between regulable and nonregulable features of family child care homes and infants' and toddlers' cognitive development using data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care

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Early child care: The known and the unknown
Vandell, Deborah L., 2004
Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 50(3), 387-414

A review of previous child care research looking at the relations between child care quality, arrangements, and outcomes in terms of children's development

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Effects of child care on psychological development: Issues and future directions for research
Friedman, Sarah, December 1994
Pediatrics, 94(6), 1069-1070

An overview of the opportunities for researching the effects of childcare on children's psychological development, highlighting the need for new methodologies to examine the complex relationships among quality of child care, the individual child's personality, and family variables

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Engagement in after-school program activities: Quality of experience from the perspective of participants
Shernoff, David J., October 2007
Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 36(7), 891-903

An examination of the relationship between selected activities in after school and levels of intrinsic motivation, concentrated effort, positive and negative mood states, and engagement from activity logs of 1596 self reports from 165 children from 8 middle schools in two middle size cities and one small town in three midwestern states

Reports & Papers

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Fathers and ''others'' as infant-care providers: Predictors of parents' emotional well-being and marital satisfaction
Vandell, Deborah L., 1997
Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 43(3), 361-385

A study on the influence of infant care arrangements on parental emotional and marital well-being

Reports & Papers

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Introduction: Child care as a developmental context
Vandell, Deborah L., 1997
Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 43(3), 333-339

An introduction and overview of research on child development in child care settings

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A longitudinal study of children with day-care experiences of varying quality
Vandell, Deborah L., 1988
Child Development, 59(5), 1286-1292

A longitudinal study comparing empathy, social competence and peer acceptance among students from poor and good quality early child care centers

Reports & Papers

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Mock Report Card
Pierce, Kim M., May-June 1999
Child Development, 70(3), 756-767

Instruments

Outcomes linked to high-quality afterschool programs: Longitudinal findings from the Study of Promising Afterschool Programs
Vandell, Deborah L., October 2007
Irvine: University of California, Irvine, Department of Education.

A summary of a longitudinal study of the relationship of elementary and middle school students' after school experiences, including participation in high-quality after school programs, to their academic, social, and behavioral outcomes

Executive Summary

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