When they averaged 28 and 40 months of age, 140 Swedish children were observed with
their mothers in two situations (a problem-solving task and a clean-up session)
designed to allow the assessment of their compliance with maternal demands.
Individual differences in their behaviour were then related to measures of the
quality of care received by them both at home and in alternative care settings when
they averaged 16, 28, and 40 months of age, the amount of social support reportedly
received by the mothers, the children's ages, and the amount of early out-of-home
care received. Analyses using partial least squares (PLS) analyses showed that
children were more compliant in the task situation at 40 months when they had
experienced high quality care at home, when they were older, and when they had
experienced less out-of-home care prior to 24 months of age. Variations in maternal
behaviour in these settings were predicted by the same set of variables, suggesting
that parent-child harmony, rather than compliance, was being studied. No consistent
dimension of compliance was evident at 28 months.
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