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Understanding cortisol reactivity across the day at child care: The potential buffering role of secure attachments to caregivers

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Badanes, Lisa S., Dmitrieva, Julia, Watamura, Sarah Enos·2012·Early Childhood Research Quarterly
DOI 10.1016/j.ecresq.2011.05.005PMC PMC3295236
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Full-day center-based child care has been repeatedly associated with rising cortisol across the child care day. This study addressed the potential buffering role of attachment to mothers and lead teachers in 110 preschoolers while at child care. Using multi-level modeling and controlling for a number of child, family, and child care factors, children with more secure attachments to teachers were more likely to show falling cortisol across the child care day. Attachment to mothers interacted with child care quality, with buffering effects found for children with secure attachments attending higher quality child care. Implications for early childhood educators are discussed.

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  • Child-care studies show that children's physiological reactivity, indicated by morning-to-afternoon rising cortisol on days attending out-of-home programs, and emotional reactivity are affected by the quality of teacher sensitivity versus intrusiveness and attention.

    “A series of child-care studies (both in center-based and home-based care) has consistently demonstrated that children’s physiological reactivity as indicated by morning-to-afternoon rising cortisol levels on days attending out-of-home programs as well as emotional reactivity is affected by the quality of sensitivity versus intrusiveness and attention provided by teachers in those settings”

    From School Readiness and Self-Regulation: A Developmental Psychobiological Approach (2015) · cites this paper as Badanes et al. 2012

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Authors
Badanes, L. S., Dmitrieva, J., & Watamura, S. E.
Affiliations
University of Denver (US)
Corresponding author
Badanes, Lisa S.
ORCID
Venue
Early Childhood Research Quarterly
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2012-01
Volume
27
Issue
1
Pages
156-165
ISSN
0885-2006 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1016/j.ecresq.2011.05.005
PMC
PMC3295236
OpenAlex
W2004567257
Cited by
74
References
80
Citations by year
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FWCI
13.85
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
Locations
  • Early Childhood Research Quarterly (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (R03HD054718)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Education › Early Childhood Education and Development
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
Keywords
cortisol response, diurnal cortisol rhythm, center-based child care, secure attachment, maternal attachment, child care quality, preschool children, early childhood stress, buffering effect

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