Title
Comparing center-based with home-based child care: type of care moderates the association between process quality and child functioning
Author
Sluiter, R.M.V.
Fekkes, M.
Fukkink, R.G.
Publication year
2023
Abstract
This study compares process quality and child functioning in Dutch center-based care and home-based care and explores the role of the dyadic caregiver-child relationship. Participants in this study included 228 children from 74 locations (154 attending center-based child care, 74 home-based child care; mean age 2.5 years). The level of emotional and behavioral support and caregiver-child closeness was higher in home-based care than center-based care, whereas quality of the physical environment was higher in center-based child care. Children's well-being was higher and levels of problem behavior were lower in home-based care compared to center-based care. The caregiver-child relationship was related to a higher level of well-being and less problem behavior. Process quality was more strongly related to children's functioning in home-based child care compared to center-based child care. The dyadic relationship quality is an important element of the care ecology of preschool children and predicts child functioning in both home-based and center-based care.
Subject
Early childhood education and care (ECEC)
Center-based child care
Home-based child care
Teacher-child relationship
Social-emotional functioning
Well-being
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecresq.2022.07.017
TNO identifier
976651
Source
Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 62 (62), 102-114
Document type
article