Family child care providers' behavior found to affect children's stress
Friday, May 14, 2010 - 06:00
in Psychology & Sociology
A new study on preschoolers attending full-day child care in licensed day care homes has found increases in cortisol, a stress hormone, when the children are in child care that exceeds their levels at home. The increases were larger in day care homes where providers were intrusive or overcontrolling.