Before Head Start: Income and ethnicity, family characteristics, child care experiences, and child development [Abridged]
NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 2005
In Child care and child development: Results from the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development (pp. 127-139). New York: Guilford Press
A description of demographic, family context, income, and developmental characteristics of Head Start children and their families at 3 years of age, based on data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Study of Early Child Care
Reports & Papers
Characteristics and quality of child care for toddlers and preschoolers
NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 2000
Applied Developmental Science, 4(3), 116-135
An investigation of the relationship between structural and caregiver characteristics and child care quality, based on a data from the National Institute on Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Study on Early Child Care
Reports & Papers
Characteristics and quality of child care for toddlers and preschoolers [Abridged]
NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 2005
In Child care and child development: Results from the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development (pp. 91-104). New York: Guilford Press
The relationship between structural and caregiver characteristics and observed caregiver behavior in producing positive caregiving, as well as levels of positive caregiving associated with types of child care at 15, 24, and 36 months of age
Reports & Papers
Characteristics of infant child care: Factors contributing to positive caregiving
NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 1996
Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 11(3), 269-306
An analysis of the structural and caregiver characteristics that predict high caregiving quality for infants using data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care
Reports & Papers
Characteristics of infant child care: Factors contributing to positive caregiving [Abridged]
NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 2005
In Child care and child development: Results from the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development (pp. 50-66). New York: Guilford Press
A study of associations between structural and caregiver characteristics as they relate to infant experiences with their caregivers, based on data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Study of Early Child Care as well as an observational measure, the Observational Record of the Caregiving Environment (ORCE)
Reports & Papers
Child care and child development: The NICHD Study of Early Child Care
NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 1994
In Developmental follow-up: Concepts, domains and methods. (pp. 377-396). San Diego, CA: Academic Press, Inc.
A description of the theoretical framework for the National Institute of Child Health and Development (NICHD) Study of Early Child Care, assessing relationships among family life, child care processes and child behavioral development
Reports & Papers
Child care and children's peer interaction at 24 and 36 months: The NICHD Study of Early Child Care
NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 2001
Child Development, 72(5), 1478-1500
A study of how time spent in child care, child care quality, and availability of peers relate to children's peer social competence at 23 and 36 months, using data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care
Reports & Papers
Child care and common communicable illnesses [Abridged]
NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 2005
In Child care and child development: Results from the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development (pp. 175-183). New York: Guilford Press
A study of the relationship between children’s experience in nonmaternal care and rates of respiratory tract, gastrointestinal tract, and ear infections during the first 3 years of life
Reports & Papers
Child care and common communicable illnesses in children aged 37 to 54 months
NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 2003
Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, 157(2), 196-200
A study of the relationship between experience in child care and common communicable illnesses in children aged 37 to 54 months
Reports & Papers
Child care and common communicable illnesses in children ages 37-54 months [Abridged]
NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 2005
In Child care and child development: Results from the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development (pp. 184-190). New York: Guilford Press
A study of the relationship between children’s experience in nonmaternal care and rates of respiratory tract, gastrointestinal tract, and ear infections from 3 to 41/2 years old in a sample of approximately 1,100 children
Reports & Papers
Child care and common communicable illnesses: Results from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care
NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 2001
Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, 155(4), 481-488
An examination of the relationship between experiences in child care and communicable illnesses (gastrointestinal tract illness, upper respiratory tract infection, and ear infections or otitis media) through a child's first 3 years of life, and an investigation of the relationship between the increased frequency of these illnesses and language development, school readiness, and behavior problems
Reports & Papers
Child care and family predictors of preschool attachment and stability from infancy [Abridged]
NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 2005
In Child care and child development: Results from the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development (pp. 208-223). New York: Guilford Press
An abridged version of an analysis of the relationship between family factors and infant and toddler child care experiences and preschool attachment, using data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Study of Early Child Care
Reports & Papers
Child care and mother-child interaction in the first 3 years of life [Abridged]
NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 2005
In Child care and child development: Results from the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development (pp. 231-245). New York: Guilford Press
A study of the interaction between child care quality, stability, amount and mother-child relatedness in the first 3 years of life
Reports & Papers
Child care in the first year of life
NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 1997
Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 43(3), 340-360
An analysis of the hours, type, and stability of child care used in infants' first year of life based on data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care
Reports & Papers
Child care in the first year of life [Abridged]
NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 2005
In Child care and child development: Results from the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development (pp. 39-49). New York: Guilford Press
A description of child care during the first 12 months of life, including initiation and amount of infant child care, child care history patterns during the first year, and the types, multiplicity, and stability of care used by parents of infants over the course of the first year, based on data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Study of Early Child Care
Reports & Papers
Child care structure, process, outcome: Direct and indirect effects of child care quality on young children's development [Abridged]
NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 2005
In Child care and child development: Results from the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development (pp. 364-375). New York: Guilford Press
An abridged reprint of a study exploring whether process measures of child care quality mediate the relationship between structural features of child care quality and child outcomes, based on data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care
Reports & Papers
Child outcomes when child care center classes meet recommended standards for quality
NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 1999
American Journal of Public Health, 89(7), 1072-1077
A study of how children's cognition, language and social competence are affected by child care meeting professional quality standards, based on data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care
Reports & Papers
Child outcomes when child care center classes meet recommended standards for quality [Abridged]
NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 2005
In Child care and child development: Results from the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development (pp. 358-363). New York: Guilford Press
An abridged reprint of a study of how children's cognition, language and social competence are affected by child care meeting professional quality standards, based on data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care
Reports & Papers
Chronicity of maternal depressive symptoms, maternal sensitivity, and child functioning at 36 months [Abridged]
NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 2005
In Child care and child development: Results from the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development (pp. 151-162). New York: Guilford Press
A study of the link between maternal depression and mother-child interaction as it relates to children’s functioning at 36 months, based on data from 89 percent of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Study of Early Child Care sample
Reports & Papers
Does amount of time spent in child care predict socioemotional adjustment during the transition to kindergarten? [Abridged]
NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 2005
In Child care and child development: Results from the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development (pp. 297-317). New York: Guilford Press
An abridged reprint of a study of how children's socioemotional development is affected by the cumulative amount of time spent in nonmaternal care from birth to the preschool years, and the quality, type and other characteristics of child care, using data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care
Reports & Papers
Does class size in first grade relate to children's academic and social performance or observed classroom processes?
NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, September 2004
Developmental Psychology, 40(5), 651-664
An assessment of the amount that first grade class size predicted child outcomes and observed classroom processes using data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care
Reports & Papers
Does quality of child care affect child outcomes at age 4 1/2? [Abridged]
NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 2005
In Child care and child development: Results from the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development (pp. 337-357). New York: Guilford Press
An abridged reprint of a study exploring the causal nature of relations between child care quality and children's development, based on data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care
Reports & Papers
Early child care and children's development prior to school entry [Abridged]
NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 2005
In Child care and child development: Results from the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development (pp. 376-391). New York: Guilford Press
An abridged reprint of a study of the impact of early child care experiences, and the quality and types of child care, on children's functioning prior to school entry, based on data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care
Reports & Papers
Early child care and children's peer interaction at 24 and 36 months [Abridged]
NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 2005
In Child care and child development: Results from the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development (pp. 281-296). New York: Guilford Press
An abridged reprint of a study of how time spent in child care, child care quality, and availability of peers relate to children's peer social competence at 23 and 36 months, using data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care
Reports & Papers
Early child care and mother-child interaction from 36 months through first grade
NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 2003
Infant Behavior & Development, 26(3), 345-370
A study of the relationship between early child care experiences in a child's first 3 years of life and mother-child interaction through the child's transition to school
Reports & Papers