ERIC Number: EJ1408700
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 15
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ISSN: ISSN-1350-293X
EISSN: EISSN-1752-1807
Childcare Context and Socio-Emotional Development in Toddlers - A Quantitative Report from the FinnBrain Birth Cohort Study, Finland
Katja Tervahartiala; Saara Nolvi; Eeva-Leena Kataja; Milka Seppälä; Tuomo-Artturi Autere; Hetti Hakanen; Hasse Karlsson; Alice Carter; Linnea Karlsson; Riikka Korja
European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, v32 n1 p71-85 2024
Toddlerhood is a period of intensive and rapid socio-emotional development. The effects of different types of childcare settings on child development have been widely studied, but the results have often been contradictory. The aim of this study was to compare social competence and socio-emotional problems in two-year-old children (n = 1104; girls 47.2%) who were either participating in out-of-home, center-based childcare or were cared for at home by their parents in Finland. The results showed that mothers reported more internalizing symptoms in toddlers participating in out-of-home, center-based childcare when compared to children who were cared for at home. No differences regarding externalizing symptoms or social competence were found. Overall, the results suggest that out-of-home, center-based childcare is not associated with major differences in a toddler's socio-emotional development. More research is needed to investigate whether differences in the socio-emotional development of the children participating in different types of childcare develop later in childhood.
Descriptors: Toddlers, Child Development, Foreign Countries, Social Development, Emotional Development, Interpersonal Competence, Child Care, Social Problems, Emotional Problems
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Finland
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