EJ361532 PS515360
Title: Child-Care Quality and Children's Social Development.Author(s): Phillips, Deborah; And Others
Source: Developmental Psychology, v23 n4 p537-43 Jul 1987
Publication Date: 1987
Language: English
Document Type: Journal articles (080); Reports--Research (143)
Journal Announcement: CIJFEB1988
Target Audience: Researchers
Examines the
influence on children's social development of variation in the quality
of child care environments. Findings suggest that overall quality,
caregiver-child verbal interactions, and director experience were
each highly predictive of the children's social development in day
care. (Author/RWB)
Descriptors: Child Caregivers; *Day Care Centers; Educational Environment;
Family Environment; *Preschool Children; *Quality of Life; *Social
Development; *Toddlers; Verbal Communication; Young Children
Identifiers: Classroom Ethos
