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The Role of Parent, Provider, and Child Characteristics in Parent-Provider Relationships in Infant and Toddler Classrooms
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Swartz, Mallary I.; Easterbrooks, M. Ann – Early Education and Development, 2014
Research Findings: This study examined how characteristics of parents, providers, and children contribute to the quality of parent--provider relationships in infant and toddler classrooms. Parents (n = 192) and providers (n = 95) from 14 child care centers in a large metropolitan area participated by completing questionnaires about the nature of…
Descriptors: Parent Role, Infants, Toddlers, Child Care Centers
Mentalization in Chilean Educational Staff with 12-Month-Old Children: Does It Make a Difference in Relation to What Children Receive at Home?
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Farkas, Chamarrita; Strasser, Katherine; Badilla, María Gabriela; Santelices, María Pía – Early Education and Development, 2017
Parental mentalizing, which is the capacity to understand behavior in terms of mental states and to reflect this back to a child through speech, is a key construct in child development. Adults with high mentalization promote children's secure attachment, mentalization and self-regulation. This study describes this competency in a sample of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Child Development, Parent Child Relationship, Security (Psychology)
Early Head Start Relationships: Association with Program Outcomes
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Elicker, James; Wen, Xiaoli; Kwon, Kyong-Ah; Sprague, Jill B. – Early Education and Development, 2013
Research Findings: Interpersonal relationships among staff caregivers, parents, and children have been recommended as essential aspects of early childhood intervention. This study explored the associations of these relationships with program outcomes for children and parents in 3 Early Head Start programs. A total of 71 children (8-35 months,…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Preschool Education, Caregiver Child Relationship, Parent Background
The Parent-Caregiver Relationship Scale: Rounding out the Relationship System in Infant Child Care.
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Elicker, James – Early Education and Development, 1997
Describes the development and characteristics of the Parent-Caregiver Relationship Scale, which shows promise as a measure of parents' and caregivers' perceptions of one another and of their relationship for studies of infants, parents, and caregivers in the context of full-time child care. The scale includes measures of trust/confidence, open…
Descriptors: Child Caregivers, Day Care Centers, Family Day Care, Infants
Introduction to the Special Issue: Developing a Relationship Perspective in Early Childhood Research.
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Elicker, James – Early Education and Development, 1997
Presents an overview on the relationship perspective in early childhood research, identifying the major research questions involved, and relating them to the papers presented in the remainder of the journal issue. (EAJ)
Descriptors: Caregiver Child Relationship, Early Childhood Education, Educational Research, Interpersonal Relationship
Caregiver-Parent Relationships in Daycare: A Review and Re-Examination of the Data and Their Implications.
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Shpancer, Noam – Early Education and Development, 1998
Focusing on formal care arrangements, this literature review proposes that: (1) caregivers' ambivalent and critical attitudes toward parents are not surprising nor risky for children; (2) high rates of parental satisfaction with day care are a product of perceived marketplace constraints; and (3) documented low rates of caregiver-parent contact…
Descriptors: Caregiver Attitudes, Caregiver Child Relationship, Child Caregivers, Day Care
Troubled Relationships in Early Childhood Education: Parent-Teacher Interactions in Ethnoculturally Diverse Child Care Settings.
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Bernhard, Judith K.; Lefebvre, Marie Louise; Kilbride, Kenise Murphy; Chud, Gyda; Lange, Rika – Early Education and Development, 1998
Interviews with Canadian day care workers and minority parents showed that the two groups disagreed about why parents are not involved enough; were unaware of their basic differences in ECE goals; and disagreed substantially over what constitutes proper child-rearing methods. Discriminatory incidents were not uncommon at centers, although teachers…
Descriptors: Caregiver Attitudes, Child Rearing, Cultural Differences, Day Care