The Impact of Program Structure on Cortisol Patterning in Children Attending Out-of-Home Child Care
Publication Date
Winter 2016
Document Type
Article
Organizational Units
College of Arts Humanities and Social Sciences, Psychology
Keywords
Child care, Cortisol, Stress, Program structure
Abstract
Full-day center-based child care has repeatedly been associated with rising levels of cortisol, a hormone that helps the body manage challenge, across the day at child care. This article presents findings from two studies examining the relationship between child care program structure (number of days per week, and hours per day) and cortisol production across the day. Study 1 presents findings comparing cortisol production in 3- to 5-year-old children enrolled in either full-day (N = 55) or half-day (N = 63) Head-Start-funded programs. Study 2 presents findings comparing young children enrolled in either full-day full-time (5 days per week; N = 37) or full-day part-time (2–3days/week; N = 41) primarily tuition-funded programs. Using multilevel modeling and controlling for a number of child factors, attending full-day, full-time programs (as compared to either half-day or part-time programs) was associated with increased cortisol production across the day on child care and home days. Implications for early childhood educators are discussed.
Copyright Date
10-24-2015
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Elsevier Inc.
Provenance
Received from CHORUS
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Language
English (eng)
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Lumian, D. S., Dmitrieva, J., Mendoza, M. M., Badanes, L. S., & Watamura, S. E. (2016). The impact of program structure on cortisol patterning in children attending out-of-home child care. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 34, 92-103. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecresq.2015.09.004
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Publication Title
Early Childhood Research Quarterly
Volume
34
First Page
92
Last Page
103
ISSN
1873-7706
PubMed ID
26568654
Recommended Citation
Lumian, D. S., Dmitrieva, J., Mendoza, M. M., Badanes, L. S., & Watamura, S. E. (2016). The impact of program structure on cortisol patterning in children attending out-of-home child care. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 34, 92-103. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecresq.2015.09.004