Double Jeopardy: Poorer Social-Emotional Outcomes for Children in the NICHD SECCYD Experiencing Home and Child-Care Environments That Confer Risk
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Using data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Early Child Care Research Network (NICHD SECCYD), the authors examined whether interactions between home and child-care quality affect children’s social-emotional adjustment at 24, 36, and 54 months (N = 771). Triadic splits on quality of home and child care were used to examine children in specific ecological niches, with a focus on those who experience the double jeopardy of poor quality home and child-care environments. Children in this niche exhibited the highest levels of mother-reported problem behavior and the lowest levels of prosocial behavior. However, there was evidence that children from lower quality home environments were able to benefit from the compensatory influence of high-quality child care. These results suggest policies aimed at the cross-context influences of protective and risky settings.
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The stressful nature of low-quality care may become biologically embedded for some children, with cascading effects on emotion regulation and executive functions.
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- Authors
- Watamura, S. E., Phillips, D. A., Morrissey, T. W., McCartney, K., & Bub, K.
- Affiliations
- University of Denver (US)
- Georgetown University (US)
- Cornell University (US)
- Harvard University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Watamura, Sarah Enos
- Venue
- Child Development
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Published
- 2011-01-01
- Volume
- 82
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 48-65
- ISSN
- 0009-3920 (ISSN-L)
- 1467-8624
- OpenAlex
- W1897128376
- Cited by
- 168
- References
- 3
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- FWCI
- 55.44
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- figshare.com
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- Locations
- Child Development (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Figshare (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- American University Research Archive
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Education › Early Childhood Education and Development
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Social Sciences › Safety Research › Child Welfare and Adoption
- Keywords
- double jeopardy, home environment quality, child care quality, social-emotional adjustment, behavioral problems, prosocial behavior, early childhood, compensation effect, risk and protective factors
- MeSH terms
- Agonistic Behavior, Child, Child Behavior Disorders, Child Care, Child Development, Child Rearing, Child, Preschool, Cooperative Behavior, Depressive Disorder, Employment, Female, Humans, Infant, Internal-External Control, Longitudinal Studies, Male, Mother-Child Relations, Parent-Child Relations, Personality Assessment, Poverty, Social Behavior, Social Environment, Socialization, United States, Women, Working, Child of Impaired Parents, Parenting, Risk Assessment, Attention Deficit and Disruptive Behavior Disorders
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