JOB STRESS IN CHILD CARE WORKERS: PREDICTORS AND EFFECTS

最近的人口趋势表明， 学龄前儿童在劳动力中。 因此，数字 需要全职或兼职儿童保育的儿童人数也有所上升 戏剧性地。 在长期关注的基础上， 照顾者对儿童的行为，发展和教育 心理学家深入研究了非母性护理对 儿童的福祉。 儿童保育对家庭其他成员的影响 网络-儿童保育工作者、工作者家庭和儿童的 家庭-没有得到彻底调查。的目的 这项研究旨在调查工作压力在幼儿工作者中的作用， 确定积极和增进健康的成果， 儿童看护网 在工作的个人-环境匹配模型的理论框架内， 强调，该项目将采用两个阶段的设计来研究起源 和性质的工作压力，在四组提供者（助理， 营利性儿童保育中心，非营利儿童保育中心的助理， 持牌家庭日托提供者和最近终止的持牌家庭 日托提供者）。第一阶段将包括一系列焦点小组 分别与每个工人群体的成员进行。第二阶段 将包括对每个群体成员的横截面调查。 本研究的主要目的是：（1）确定最常见的 每个供应商群体中与工作相关的压力源;（2）识别 影响工人留在或离开职业的因素;（3） 开发并测试幼儿工作的有效性和可靠性 压力量表;（4）确定未来进行的可行性 对无执照的家庭提供者和“保姆”的工作压力进行研究， (5)在儿童保育界建立足够的联系， 支持未来的长期项目。

Recent demographic trends indicate a rise in the number of women with preschool-aged children who are in the workforce. As a result, the number of children who need full or part-time child care has also risen dramatically. Building upon a longstanding interest in the effects of caretakers' behaviors on children, developmental and educational psychologists have studied intensely the effects of non-maternal care on children's well-being. The effects of child care on other members in the network - the child care workers, the workers' families, and the children's families - have not been investigated as thoroughly. The objective of this study is to investigate the role of job stress in child care workers in determining positive and health-enhancing outcomes to all members of the child care network. Within the theoretical framework of the Person-Environment Fit model of job stress, this project will employ a two-phase design to study the origins and nature of job stress in four groups of providers (assistants in for-profit child care centers, assistants in non-profit child care centers, licensed family day care providers and recently terminated licensed family day care providers). Phase One will consist of a series of focus groups conducted separately with members of each of the worker cohorts. Phase Two will consist of a cross-sectional survey of members of each group. The major aims, of this study are: (1) to identify the most common job-related stressors in each of the provider groups; (2) to identify factors that influence why workers remain in or leave the profession; (3) to develop and test for validity and reliability a Child Care Worker Job Stress Inventory; (4) to determine the feasibility of conducting future studies of job stress with unlicensed in-home providers and "nannies", and (5) to develop sufficient contacts within the child care community to support future, long-term projects.