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Personal-social adjustment of school children after five years in a family enrichment program

Child care quarterly volume 11, pages 138–146 (1982)Cite this article

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Research on the effects of high quality day care experiences on subsequent personal-social adjustment with teachers and peers suggests that the transition from highly supportive day-care learning environments to public school classrooms with low adult-to-child ratios may present problems for some children.

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  1. College for Human Development, Syracuse University, Child and Family Studies, 100 Walnut Street, 13210, Syracuse, NY

    Alice S. Honig, J. Ronald Lally & Deborah H. Mathieson

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Honig, A.S., Lally, J.R. & Mathieson, D.H. Personal-social adjustment of school children after five years in a family enrichment program. Child Youth Care Forum 11, 138–146 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01118983

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Keywords

  • Social Psychology
  • Learning Environment
  • Public School
  • School Child
  • Care Experience