A Closer Look at Kith and Kin Care: Exploring Variability of Quality within Family, Friend and Neighbor Care

Autor/in	Shivers, Eva Marie
Titel	A Closer Look at Kith and Kin Care: Exploring Variability of Quality within Family, Friend and Neighbor Care
Quelle	In: Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 27 (2006) 5, S.411-426 (16 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0193-3973
DOI	10.1016/j.appdev.2006.06.007
Schlagwörter	Child Care; Child Caregivers; Low Income Groups; Family (Sociological Unit); Cultural Differences; Caregiver Child Relationship; Ethnicity; Professional Development; Discovery Learning; African American Family; Hispanic Americans; Educational Experience; Interaction Process Analysis + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kinderfürsorge; Kinderbetreuung; Caregiver; Caregivers; Carer; Child; Children; Familie; Kultureller Unterschied; Ethnizität; Entdeckendes Lernen; Hispanic; Hispanoamerikaner; Bildungserfahrung; Prozessanalyse
Abstract	This exploratory study focused on the interactional dimensions of kith and kin care, and involved childcare providers living in low-income urban communities in Los Angeles (80% African American; 20% Latina). The focus of the present study was to examine: 1) The range and variability of each index of quality--providers' professional development background, provider-child engagement, provider sensitivity and environmental quality; 2) ethnic differences for each of these constructs; and 3) whether these various dimensions of quality were interrelated. Results indicated that there are distinct patterns of provider-child engagement practices, and providers' professional education experiences were related to those practices. Provider-child relationship quality was associated with providers' ethnicity and professional background. Environmental quality was also associated with professional education and provider sensitivity. Findings from this study add to a growing base of evidence that it is important to examine the variability in the quality of care by informal kith and kin childcare providers. (Author).
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