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dc.contributor.authorNystad, Kathrin
dc.contributor.authorDrugli, May Britt
dc.contributor.authorLydersen, Stian
dc.contributor.authorLekhal, Ratib
dc.contributor.authorBuøen, Elisabet Solheim
dc.date.accessioned2021-10-28T13:05:11Z
dc.date.available2021-10-28T13:05:11Z
dc.date.created2021-03-24T11:17:59Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.identifier.citationEuropean Early Childhood Education Research Journal. 2021, 29 (2), 157-182.en_US
dc.identifier.issn1350-293X
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11250/2826339
dc.description© 2021 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, and is not altered, transformed, or built upon in any way.en_US
dc.description.abstractIn toddlers, the transition from home to childcare might elicit high levels of the stress hormone cortisol. Measuring cortisol may give an indicator for children’s experience and hence, may help improve this transition. We applied linear mixed model analyses to investigate the cortisol levels of 119 toddlers during their transition to childcare across time of day (morning, afternoon, and evening) and phase (accompanied by parents, separated from parents, and after four to six weeks in childcare). The influence of age, gender, number of siblings, and childcare group size was analyzed. Time of day and phase influenced cortisol levels significantly. On average, children had elevated cortisol levels in the afternoon throughout transition, with the peak coming in the separation phase. Cortisol levels declined significantly toward the evening. Children younger than 14 months showed higher evening levels and higher afternoon levels after 4–6 weeks in childcare. The findings suggest that the onset of childcare – particularly separation from parents – may be demanding for toddlers. Low evening levels indicate relief of tension at home. Higher levels of afternoon cortisol of under 14- months-old children at the follow-up measurement may indicate that younger children need more time to settle in at childcare.en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internasjonal*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.no*
dc.subjectcortisolen_US
dc.subjecttoddleren_US
dc.subjectchildcareen_US
dc.subjecttransitionen_US
dc.subjectstressen_US
dc.subjectThrive by Threeen_US
dc.titleToddlers' stress during transition to childcareen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.description.versionpublishedVersionen_US
dc.subject.nsiVDP::Samfunnsvitenskap: 200::Pedagogiske fag: 280en_US
dc.source.pagenumber157-182en_US
dc.source.volume29en_US
dc.source.journalEuropean Early Childhood Education Research Journalen_US
dc.source.issue2en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/1350293X.2021.1895269
dc.identifier.cristin1900565
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