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SynthesisInternational journal of environmental research and public health2025

The Impact of Process Quality in Early Childhood Education and Care on Socio-Emotional Development: A Meta-Analysis of Longitudinal Studies.

Rosanne M V Sluiter, Ruben G Fukkink, Minne Fekkes

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Synthesis in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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3 authors.

Rosanne M V SluiterResearch Institute of Child Development and Education, Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, University of Amsterdam, Nieuwe Achtergracht 127, 1018 WS Amsterdam, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0003-1102-4203
Ruben G FukkinkResearch Institute of Child Development and Education, Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, University of Amsterdam, Nieuwe Achtergracht 127, 1018 WS Amsterdam, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0001-6212-9553
Minne FekkesResearch Institute of Child Development and Education, Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, University of Amsterdam, Nieuwe Achtergracht 127, 1018 WS Amsterdam, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0003-4960-2611

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We investigated the relationship between process quality in early childhood education and care (ECEC) and children's socio-emotional development in a meta-analysis of longitudinal studies. Our multi-level meta-analysis of 31 publications reporting on 16 longitudinal studies (N = 17,913 children, age: 2.5-18 yrs) demonstrates that the process quality of ECEC is a small but significant predictor of children's socio-emotional development over time (ES = 0.103, SE = 0.026,

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Child CareChild DevelopmentEmotionsAdolescentChildChild, PreschoolHumansLongitudinal Studiesearly childhood education and care (ECEC)longitudinalmeta-analysisprocess qualitysocio-emotional development

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PMID40427889
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