Family Structure analyses: 2 parent families-Controlling for mom education, mom dad age, occupation prestige, children whose fathers have more prestigious occupations are enrolled in high quality DC 6 have higher PPVT-R scores. 1 parent families-Controlling for mom age, mom education, occupational prestige, children whose mom were older are enrolled in high quality D 6 have higher PPVT-R scores.

Child’s temperament (social fear) interacts w/ quality of care. High quality care make act as a buffer for socially fearful children in positive peer interactions nonsocial play w/ peers.

b QUALITY MEASURES ALPHABATIZED BY ACRONYM: COF: Child Observation Form; DCEI: Day Care Environment Interview; DCHERS: Day Care Home Environment Rating Scale; ECERS: Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale; ECOI: Early Childhood Observation Instrument; ECOS: Early Childhood Observation Scale; FDCRS: Family Day Care Rating Scale; ITERS: Infant-Toddler Environmental Scale

c CHILD DEVELOPMENTAL OUTCOME MEASURES ALPHABATIZED BY ACRONYM: AQS-Attachment Q-Set; Adult-Child IRS: Howes Stewart’s Adult-Child Involvement Rating Scale; ALI: Adaptive Language Inventory; BSQ: Behavior Style Questionnaire; CBI: Classroom Behavior Inventory-Preschool Form; CBS Q-Sort: Child Behavior Survey, Q-Sort version; CPS: Cognitive Play Scale; CSBS; EOWPVT: Expressive One-Word Picture Vocabulary Test; Harter: Pictorial Scale of Perceived Competence and Social Acceptance for Young Children; MDI: Mental Developmental Index; PBC: Preschool Behavior Checklist; PBQ: Preschool Behavior Questionnaire; PLAI: Preschool Language Assessment Instrument; POS: Play with Objects Scale; PPS: Peer Play Scale; PPVT-R: Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test-Revised; PSI: Preschool Inventory-Revised; SCS: Social Competence Scale; SICD: Sequence Inventory of Communication Development; SSPS: Spivack Shure’s Social Problem Solving Skills; TBAQ: Toddler Behavior Assessment Questionnaire

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