External childcare and socio-behavioral development in Switzerland: Long-term relations from childhood into young adulthood.
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Publication Date
2022Journal Title
PLoS One
ISSN
1932-6203
Publisher
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Volume
17
Issue
3
Language
eng
Type
Article
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Averdijk, M., Ribeaud, D., & Eisner, M. (2022). External childcare and socio-behavioral development in Switzerland: Long-term relations from childhood into young adulthood.. PLoS One, 17 (3) https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0263571
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Funder: Canton of Zurich Ministry of Education
Funder: Swiss Federal Office of Public Health
Funder: Jacobs Foundation
Funder: Julius Baer Foundation
Abstract
This study examined early external childcare in relation to development from age 7 to 20. A Swiss sample was used (N = 1,225; 52% male). Development included multi-informant-reported externalizing behavior, internalizing problems, prosocial behavior, delinquency, and substance use. Growth curve models revealed that, dependent on the informant, time in a daycare center was related to increased externalizing and internalizing problems until at least age 11. It was not related to delinquency. Roughly three days per week at a daycare mother or playgroup was related to increased externalizing behavior. External family care was associated with increased prosocial behavior. Finally, time in a daycare center was associated with fewer externalizing but more internalizing problems and substance use for children from vulnerable backgrounds. This relation with substance use lasted to age 20.
Sponsorship
Swiss National Science Foundation (69025)
Identifiers
35263329, PMC8906621
External DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0263571
This record's URL: https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/335951
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