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SUMMARY:Stress and Child care - Professor Lieselotte Ahnert\, Faculty of H
 uman Science\, University of Cologne
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CONTACT:Dr Julain Oldmeadow
DESCRIPTION:One of the new concerns in the international debate on public 
 child care deals with the question how much stress infants and toddlers ex
 perience in out-of-home care and whether this stress might harm later emot
 ional and behavioural adjustment. The paper will explore patterns of stres
 s reactivity and stress reduction at times when toddlers enter child care 
 but also when they are well integrated in the daily routines of high-quali
 ty center-based care. Based on salivary cortisol and heart rate measures w
 e first discuss acute stress levels following the mothers’ departures at
  child care entry as well as possibilities by which toddlers’ stress sys
 tem can be regulated. In order to detect chronic stress patterns\, we will
  then investigate daily cortisol profiles that children in center-based ca
 re display over an entire week when they are also exposed to challenging f
 amily circumstances. Whereas the child care entry can be seen as a strong 
 separation stressor which might expose toddlers to acute stress\, toddlers
 ’ daily experiences in center-based care do not necessarily go hand in h
 and with stress. Current research has found clear evidence that stress in 
 child care is moderated by toddlers‘ emotional involvement as measured b
 y care quality ans satisfying relationships in both child care centers and
  at home.  \n\n
LOCATION:SPS Seminar Room
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