Table 5.

Interactions Between Child Care Hours and Quality With Maternal Sensitivity in Early Childhood, Middle Childhood, and Adolescence

	Impulsivity		Externalizing		Risk Taking		Academic/Cognitive
Variable	Full B (SE)	Trim B (SE)	Full B (SE)	Trim B (SE)	Full B (SE)	Trim B (SE)	Full B (SE)	Trim B (SE)
Interactions: M Sensitivity (continuous)
CC Hours × M Sensitivity 6–54 months	−0.01 (.05)		0.05 (.06)		0.01 (.01)		−0.02 (0.07)
CC Quality × M Sensitivity 6–54 months	−0.87 (1.63)		−2.07 (1.84)		−0.28 (0.22)		−2.28 (2.20)
CC Hours × M Sensitivity G1–5	−0.01 (0.05)		−0.03 (0.05)		−0.01 (0.01)		−0.00 (0.07)
CC Quality × M Sensitivity G1–5	−0.06 (1.55)		0.65 (1.75)		0.02 (0.21)		1.37 (2.17)
CC Hours × M Sensitivity 15 years	−0.01 (0.03)		−0.08* (0.04)	−0.07* (0.03)	−0.00 (0.01)		−0.03 (0.05)
CC Quality × M Sensitivity 15 years	0.45 (0.96)		1.30 (1.09)		0.11 (0.13)		2.90* (1.30)	2.74* (1.22)
Interactions: M Sensitivity (high/low)
CC Hours × M Sensitivity 6–54 months	0.04 (0.06)		0.06 (0.07)		0.01 (0.01)		−0.02 (0.08)
CC Quality × M Sensitivity 6–54 months	−2.01 (1.81)		− 1.95 (2.03)		−0.10 (0.24)		0.48 (2.46)
CC Hours × M Sensitivity G1–5	−0.10+ (0.06)	−0.11* (0.05)	−0.14* (0.07)	−0.14* (0.06)	−0.02 (0.01)		−0.05 (0.08)
CC Quality × M Sensitivity G1–5	2.83 (1.82)		2.71 (2.04)		0.03 (0.24)		0.21 (2.48)
CC Hours × M Sensitivity 15 years	−0.04 (0.05)		−0.09 (0.06)		−0.00 (0.01)		−0.06 (0.07)
CC Quality × M Sensitivity 15 years	0.98 (1.62)		0.80 (1.82)		−0.02 (0.22)		3.85+ (2.22)	4.39* (2.18)

Note. CC = child care; M = maternal; G = grade. Full model includes all interactions. Trim model includes only statistically significant interactions. Model also includes as covariates site and race. A square-root transformation was applied to Risk-Taking due to its skewed distribution.

⁺p < .10.

^*p < .05.