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Peer reviewedRoopnarine, Jaipaul L.; Lamb, Michael E. – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 1978
A group of 3-year-old children were observed in a Strange Situation immediately prior to admission to day care and again three months later. Their behavior was compared with that of a control group, matched in all respects except for the fact that their parents had no plans to enroll them in day care. (SB)
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Day Care, Observation, Parent Child Relationship
Peer reviewedCornelius, Steven W.; Denney, Nancy Wadsworth – Developmental Psychology, 1975
No differences were found between home-care and day-care 4- and 5-year-olds on dependency measures. However, home-care girls sought proximity toward their mothers significantly more often than home-care boys, while day-care girls did not differ from day-care boys. This suggests that day-care children may be less sex typed than home-care children.…
Descriptors: Day Care, Early Childhood Education, Mothers, Parent Child Relationship
Peer reviewedPortnoy, Fern C.; Simmons, Carolyn H. – Child Development, 1978
The attachment behavior of 35 white, middle-class 3 1/2- to 4-year-olds who had experienced different rearing histories was observed through a series of standardized episodes involving separations and reunions with the mother and a stranger. (Author/JMB)
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Child Rearing, Day Care, Mothers
Peer reviewedTrnavsky, Polly – Child Study Journal, 1998
Videotaped infants with extensive day-care experience, and their mothers during "Strange" situation procedures. Compared behavior with profiles published in Ainsworth et al. (1978) for differences. Found three distinct groups of infants: securely-attached (largest group), insecurely attached (smallest group), and infants not disturbed by…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Cultural Differences, Day Care, Day Care Effects
Peer reviewedMoskowitz, Debbie S.; And Others – Child Development, 1977
The Ainsworth-Wittig strange situation was used to compare 12 42-month-old children with approximately 6 months of day care experience to individually matched children who had not had group child rearing experience. Results did not support the idea that day-care experience impairs attachment to the mother. (JMB)
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Day Care, Early Childhood Education, Group Experience
Peer reviewedRagozin, Arlene S. – Child Development, 1980
Relationships between day care and attachment were assessed with alternative procedures: (1) hypothesized normal patterns of attachment were tested naturalistically in day-care centers; (2) day-care and home-reared children were compared in a laboratory setting. (Author/MP)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Attachment Behavior, Behavior Patterns, Comparative Analysis
Peer reviewedBelsky, Jay; Rovine, Michael – New Directions for Child Development, 1990
Maintains that it is premature to conclude that Q-Sort is preferable to Strange Situation for the assessment of attachment security of infants in day care. (BB)
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Comparative Analysis, Day Care, Early Childhood Education
