Psychology

Caregivers in day-care centers: Does training matter?

Document Type

Article

Abstract

Training for caregivers in day-care was investigated for its relationship to caregivers' attitudes toward children and their behavior in interactions with children. The sample consisted of 59 caregivers in 22 day-care centers on the island of Bermuda. Four different levels of training were included: 1) no training; 2) two courses of the Bermuda College training program; 3) the entire four-course Bermuda College training program; and 4) a 4-year college degree in Early Childhood Education. Caregivers with half or all the Bermuda College training were less authoritarian in their childrearing attitudes than caregivers with no training, and were rated higher on Positive Interaction and lower on Detachment in their interactions with children. Caregivers with a 4-year ECE degree were different from the other three groups; their childrearing attitudes were less authoritarian, and in interactions with children they were rated higher on Positive Interaction and lower on Punitiveness and Detachment. © 1989.

Publication Title

Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology

Publication Date

1989

Volume

10

Issue

4

First Page

541

Last Page

552

ISSN

0193-3973

DOI

10.1016/0193-3973(89)90026-9

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