Sensibilidad, comportamiento de base segura y desarrollo sociocognitivo en centros de educación inicial en México

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Abstract

La calidad del cuidado una variable es determinante en el desarrollo infantil temprano: en Centros de Educación Inicial (CEI), las interacciones Cuidador Secundario Profesional (CSP)-infante constituyen el núcleo de dicho proceso. El propósito de esta investigación fue evaluar la relación entre la sensibilidad de las CSP y el comportamiento de base segura de los infantes con su desarrollo sociocognitivo. Participaron 34 díadas CSP-infante de CEI del Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social. Se utilizó el MBQS, el AQS y la EECSC. Las CSP tuvieron niveles de sensibilidad adecuados (M = 0.59), pero los infantes no construyeron vínculos de apego con ellas (M = 0.26) debido al corto tiempo de interacción. Tanto la respuesta sensible activa-animada de las CSP (r = 0.51) como el comportamiento de base segura de los infantes (r = 0.4) se asociaron con su desarrollo sociocognitivo. Se sugiere que las CSP permanezcan con el mismo grupo de infantes durante toda su estancia en el CEI.

Translated abstract

Quality of care is a potentially important determinant of child outcomes. Professional Secondary Caregiver (PSC)-child interactions constitute the core of process quality. The purpose of the study was to examine the association between the PSC's sensitivity, child security -as assessed with the scores derived from Q-Sort descriptions (MBQS and AQS)- and socio-cognitive development (as derived from an assessment) in an accidental sample of 34 dyads trough a cross-sectional study. PSC were highly sensitive (M = .59) but children had less than 4 months interacting with them and showed it was insufficient time to establish a secure base relationship. Adequate and appropriate responses from the nonmaternal caregiver to communication and signs the infant is making relate to the child's socio-cognitive development. More stable and long term PSC-child relationships would lead to better outcomes in child development, therefore, allowing the PSC to spend more time with the same group of children would be ideal.

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The Relation of Preschool Child-Care Quality to Children's Cognitive and Social Developmental Trajectories through Second Grade

Richard Clifford, Carollee Howes, Sharon Kagan … (2001)

The cognitive and socioemotional development of 733 children was examined longitudinally from ages 4 to 8 years as a function of the quality of their preschool experiences in community child-care centers, after adjusting for family selection factors related to child-care quality and development. These results provide evidence that child-care quality has a modest long-term effect on children's patterns of cognitive and socioemotional development at least through kindergarten, and in some cases, through second grade. Differential effects on children's development were found for two aspects of child-care quality. Observed classroom practices were related to children's language and academic skills, whereas the closeness of the teacher-child relationship was related to both cognitive and social skills, with the strongest effects for the latter. Moderating influences of family characteristics were observed for some outcomes, indicating stronger positive effects of child-care quality for children from more at-risk backgrounds. These findings contribute further evidence of the long-term influences of the quality of child-care environments on children's cognitive and social skills through the elementary school years and are consistent with a bioecological model of development that considers the multiple environmental contexts that the child experiences.