BEHAVIOR AND WELL-BEING OF INFANTS AND TO DDLERS IN GROUP DAY-CARE - ASPECTS OF MOTHERS LIFE SITUATION, AND THE QUALITY OF MOTHER-CAREGIVERRELATIONSHIP AS CORRELATES

Research provides evidence that outcomes of infant day-care are relate d to child care quality and other conditions. The current study reveal s correlations between infants' and toddlers' behaviour and well-being in center-based day care with aspects of mother's life situation and her separation anxiety. Multiple regression analysis indicates, that n egative aspects of mother's life situation and caregiver's attitude to infant day-care are predictors of the quality of relationship to the child's mother as perceived by care-givers. The child's health status appears to be mediated by the quality of caregiver-mother relationship .