Date of Award

1994

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Art

First Advisor

Pamela Nickels

Second Advisor

Jesse B. Harris Jr.

Third Advisor

Marilyn Patterson

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to discuss some developmental aspects and trends in day care and to compare the anxiety levels between parents for whom the center was on the work site with those for whom the center was off the work site. The rationale for this study came from the suggestion in the literature that work site day care might be a viable solution to many difficulties dual income families encounter. Thirty-seven individual parents were sampled as they presented their children to a day care center at a hospital in a large midwestern city. The parents were from a wide range of educational and economic backgrounds and were predominantly female. Subjects were tested to determine if there were differences in parental anxiety 1) dependent upon the daycare's location, 2) dependent upon the gender of the parent, and 3) dependent upon the parent's satisfaction that the center had made their lives better because of its location. Chi square and t test analyses of the data were used to obtain results. The means of scores on Spielberger's State-Trait Anxiety Inventory of the two groups were compared. The results of the data retained the null hypotheses that there were no differences in the level of the parents' state of anxiety dependent upon the location of the day care center or upon satisfaction with the center. Other factors influencing these outcomes and suggestions for further investigation were discussed.

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