The Intensity of Formal Child-Care Attendance Decreases the Shared Environment Contribution to School Readiness: A Twin Study.

Child-care GxE interaction School readiness Twin study

Journal

Child psychiatry and human development
ISSN: 1573-3327
Titre abrégé: Child Psychiatry Hum Dev
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 1275332

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
21 Oct 2022
Historique:
accepted: 05 09 2022
entrez: 21 10 2022
pubmed: 22 10 2022
medline: 22 10 2022
Statut: aheadofprint

Résumé

The purpose of this study was to explore if child-care intensity (hours/weeks) and age of onset could moderate genetic and environmental contributions to school readiness. A sample of 648 (85% Whites; 50% Females) pairs of twins was used to compute a GxE, CxE and ExE interaction analyses. The moderation model showed that shared environment explains 48% of individual differences in school readiness for children not attending formal child-care, and decreased gradually to a mere 3% for children attending formal child-care full time, e.g., 40 h per week. Age of onset exerted no moderation effect. The results support the hypothesis that child-care acts as a normalizing environment, possibly buffering negative effects from low-quality home environments on school readiness.

Identifiants

pubmed: 36269520
doi: 10.1007/s10578-022-01440-6
pii: 10.1007/s10578-022-01440-6
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

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Informations de copyright

© 2022. The Author(s).

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Auteurs

Eloi Gagnon (E)

Department of Psychology, Laval University, 2325 Allée des Bibliothèques, Québec, QC, G1V 0A6, Canada. eloi.gagnon.1@ulaval.ca.

Michel Boivin (M)

Department of Psychology, Laval University, 2325 Allée des Bibliothèques, Québec, QC, G1V 0A6, Canada.

Catherine Mimeau (C)

Department of Psychology, Laval University, 2325 Allée des Bibliothèques, Québec, QC, G1V 0A6, Canada.

Bei Feng (B)

Department of Psychology, Laval University, 2325 Allée des Bibliothèques, Québec, QC, G1V 0A6, Canada.

Genevieve Morneau-Vaillancourt (G)

Department of Psychology, Laval University, 2325 Allée des Bibliothèques, Québec, QC, G1V 0A6, Canada.

Sophie Aubé (S)

Department of Psychology, Laval University, 2325 Allée des Bibliothèques, Québec, QC, G1V 0A6, Canada.

Mara Brendgen (M)

Department of Psychology, Quebec University in Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada.

Frank Vitaro (F)

School of Psychoeducation, University of Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada.

Ginette Dionne (G)

Department of Psychology, Laval University, 2325 Allée des Bibliothèques, Québec, QC, G1V 0A6, Canada. ginette.dionne@psy.ulaval.ca.

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