The Parent–Caregiver Relationship Scale: Rounding Out the Relationship System in Infant Child Care

James G. Elicker · Illene C. Noppe · Lloyd D. Noppe · Cheryl Fortner‐Wood

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The Parent–Caregiver Relationship Scale (PCRS) was developed and field tested as a measure of the perceived quality of the relationship between the parent and the child care provider ("caregiver") of an infant or toddler. PCRS items were based on review of the parent–caregiver relations literature and interviews with parents and caregivers. The parent and caregiver forms of the scale were administered to 217 parents and caregivers in child care centers and family child care homes. Analysis of the scale and its psychometric properties resulted in potentially useful subscales with adequate reliability. The PCRS showed predicted correlations with other child care context variables, providing preliminary support for its validity. The PCRS shows promise as a relationship-level measure for studies of infants, parents, and caregivers in the context of full-time child care.

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