EJ554329 PS527010
Title: Patterns of After-School Care in Middle Childhood: Risk Factors
and Developmental Outcomes.Author(s): Pettit, Gregory; Laird, Robert D.; Dodge, Kenneth A.; Bates, John E.
Source: Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, v43 n3 p515-38 Jul 1997
Publication Date: 1997
Notes: Invitational Issue on: "Child-Care Research in the 1990s: Child Care as Context and in Context."
ISSN: 0272-930X
Language: English
Document Type: Journal articles (080); Reports--Research (143)
Journal Announcement: CIJAPR1998
Studied the
extent to which types of after-school care in grades one, three,
and five predict behavioral adjustment and academic performance
in grade six. Found that higher amounts of self care predicted poorer
adjustment, particularly for children displaying behavior problems
in kindergarten or not participating in adult-supervised extracurricular
activities. (MT)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement; After School Programs; Behavior
Problems; *Child Development; Day Care Effects; Elementary Education;
*Elementary School Students; Family Day Care; *Latchkey Children;
*School Age Day Care; Student Behavior
Identifiers: Self Care
