Child-Care Structure → Process → Outcome: Direct and Indirect Effects of Child-Care Quality on Young Children's Development
Child-Care Structure → Process → Outcome: Direct and Indirect Effects of Child-Care Quality on Young Children's Development
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DOI：
10.1111/1467-9280.00438
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发表时间：
2002-05
影响因子：
8.2
通讯作者：
E. Jaeger
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作者：
E. Jaeger
根据NICHD早期儿童保育研究的数据，我们使用结构方程模型来测试从儿童保育质量的结构指标，特别是护理人员培训和儿童-员工比例，到儿童结局的过程指标的路径。有三个主要发现：(a)母亲照顾的质量是认知能力的最强预测因子，以及照顾者的社会能力评级；(b)非母亲照顾的质量与认知能力和照顾者的社会能力评分有关；(c)有一个中介路径，从护理人员培训和儿童-员工比例通过非母亲照顾的质量到认知能力，以及照顾者的社会能力评级，这并没有完全由家庭变量来解释。这些发现为改善国家对护理人员培训和儿童-员工比例的规定提供了实证支持。
With data from the NICHD Study of Early Child Care, we used structural equation modeling to test paths from structural indicators of child-care quality, specifically caregiver training and child-staff ratio, through a process indicator to child outcomes. There were three main findings: (a) Quality of maternal caregiving was the strongest predictor of cognitive competence, as well as caregivers' ratings of social competence; (b) quality of nonmaternal caregiving was associated with cognitive competence and caregivers' ratings of social competence; and (c) there was a mediated path from both caregiver training and child-staff ratio through quality of nonmaternal caregiving to cognitive competence, as well as to caregivers' ratings of social competence, that was not accounted for entirely by family variables. These findings provide empirical support for policies that improve state regulations for caregiver training and child-staff ratios.