The purpose of the study was to compare day care and home-reared preschoolers on measures of Cooperative Behavior (defined as level of compliance and aggressiveness with adults) and Peer Competence (defined as the ability to initiate and successfully maintain positive interactions with peers). In addition, attachment was measured in the two groups. The day care group had 12 to 23 months of nonmaternal care during the first 2 years of life and the home-reared group had 0 to 7 months of nonmaternal care during the first 2 years. The subjects were middle-class 4-year-olds from two-parent families. / It was hypothesized that the day care group would score lower in the areas of Cooperative Behavior and Peer Competence as measured by Achenbach and Edelbrock's Child Behavior Checklist and on measures of Attachment as measured by a 14-item scale designed by the investigator. It was further hypothesized that day care males would receive lower scores in the areas of Cooperative Behavior, Peer Competence and Attachment than day care females. Hypotheses were tested at the.10 level using Analysis of Variance. / Tests of the hypotheses found no significant differences between day care and home-reared preschoolers on measures of Attachment, Cooperative Behavior and Peer Competence. Males were more securely attached than females yet received higher scores on measures of aggression and noncompliance. These findings suggest that day care and home-rearing situations are equivalent environments for young children. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 49-12, Section: A, page: 3614. / Major Professor: Virginia P. Green. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1988.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_77887 |
| Contributors | Matlock, Jeryl R., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 134 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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