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Very Pre-Term Infants' Behaviour at 1 and 2 Years of Age and Parental Stress Following Basic
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van der Pal, Sylvia M.; Maguire, Celeste M.; Bruil, Jeanet; le Cessie, Saskia; van Zwieten, Paul; Veen, Sylvia; Wit, Jan M.; Walther, Frans J. – British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2008
This study explored the effects of basic developmental care on the behaviour of very pre-term infants and parental stress at 1 and 2 years of corrected age. A randomized controlled trial was done to compare basic Developmental Care (standardized nests and incubator covers) and controls (standard care). Parents of infants born less than 32 weeks of…
Descriptors: Stress Variables, Child Rearing, Infants, Parent Attitudes
Observed Stress Behaviors of 1st-Grade Children Participating in More and Less Developmentally Appropriate Activities in a Computer-based Literacy Laboratory.
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Ruckman, Andrea Young; Burts, Diane C.; Pierce, Sarah H. – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 1999
Examined the relationship between more and less developmentally appropriate learning activities (MDAP, LDAP) and stress and nonstress behaviors of first graders during a computer-based literacy laboratory. Found that children exhibited more stress behaviors during LDAP learning activities than did children during MDAP learning activities. No…
Descriptors: Child Behavior, Comparative Analysis, Computer Uses in Education, Developmentally Appropriate Practices
Observed Differences between Early Childhood Programs in the U.S. and Korea: Reflections of "Developmentally Appropriate Practices" in Two Cultural Contexts
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Clarke-Stewart, K. Alison; Lee, Young; Allhusen, Virginia D.; Kim, Myoung Soon; McDowell, David J. – Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 2006
Ninety children from South Korea and 119 children from the United States were observed in early childhood programs, and differences in classroom environments and teachers' and children's behavior in the two countries were identified. In both countries, there was evidence that preschool education is guided by ideas about "developmentally…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Cultural Context, Classroom Environment
Provider Management of Child Stress Behavior in Family Day Care Facilities: Scaffolding for Learning and Development by Developmentally Appropriate Practice
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Chang, Chih-Ying; Austin, Ann M. Berghout; Piercy, Kathleen W. – Journal of Genetic Psychology, 2006
Six children (5 boys, 1 girl; aged 36-60 months) participated in this qualitative study. Each child was enrolled in a different family child care facility. The authors rated the child care providers in 3 of the facilities as using developmentally appropriate practices (DAP) most of the time and rated the providers in the 3 other facilities as…
Descriptors: Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Child Care, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique), Child Care Centers