title: Double jeopardy: poorer social-emotional outcomes for children in the NICHD SECCYD experiencing home and child-care environments that confer risk.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Denver, Denver, CO 80208, USA. swatamura@psy.du.edu
authors.forename: Sarah Enos
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Watamura
authors.forename: Deborah A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Phillips
authors.forename: Taryn W
authors.initials: TW
authors.lastname: Morrissey
authors.forename: Kathleen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: McCartney
authors.forename: Kristen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Bub
mesh_terms: D000378:Agonistic Behavior; D019958:Attention Deficit and Disruptive Behavior Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D002648:Child; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D002654:Child Care; D002657:Child Development; D002668:Child Rearing; D016241:Child of Impaired Parents / Q000523:psychology; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000523:psychology; D004651:Employment; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007389:Internal-External Control; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D016487:Parenting / Q000523:psychology; D010552:Personality Assessment; D011203:Poverty / Q000523:psychology; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012919:Social Behavior; D012931:Social Environment; D012951:Socialization; D014481:United States; D014931:Women, Working / Q000523:psychology