The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of home/mother care and daycare caregiver behaviors on the adaptive behavior development of children (18 to 24 months). Other variables under investigation included two indices of socioeconomic status (SES): occupation and education of parents. / Methodology. (1) Population and Sample. The sample consisted of 72 children (18-24 months): 36 children in a group daycare situation and 26 children at home with the mother. (2) Instruments. The investigator measured adaptive behavior development of children using the revised Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scale by Sparrow, Balla, and Cicchetti (1984). The investigator administered the Family Daycare Rating Scale (Harms & Clifford, 1984) to mothers and caregivers of children to measure growth-facilitating behaviors. The investigator gained information about each family's SES, using Hollingshead and Redlich's (1958) Index of Social Position. (3) Statistical Design and Analysis. A 3 x 2 ANOVA was used with two levels of mothers (mothers with high and low frequency of growth-facilitating behaviors), and then types of care including home care and two levels of daycare (caregivers with high and low frequency of growth-facilitating behaviors). / Results. Results revealed higher Adaptive Behavior Composite Scores for home care and daycare children of mothers with higher growth-facilitating behaviors (p =.001). Homecare children revealed higher means (M = 106.18) on Adaptive Behavior Composite Scores than daycare children (M = 94.61, p =.001). Parent SES appeared to be a relevant factor with Pearson correlation for Adaptive Behavior Composite for home care (r =.25, p =.017). The higher the mother's education the more growth-facilitating behaviors she displayed (r =.41, p =.001); statistical significance was not found for mother's education level and the child's adaptive behavior development (r = $-$.10, p =.198). / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 48-05, Section: A, page: 1110. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1987.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_76099 |
| Contributors | ALTMAN, JENNIFER SCHROER., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 135 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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