This study compares process quality and child functioning in Dutch center-based care and home-based care and explores the role of the dyadic caregiver-child relationship. Participants in this study included 228 children from 74 locations (154 attending center-based child care, 74 home-based child care; mean age 2.5 years). The level of emotional and behavioral support and caregiver-child closeness was higher in home-based care than center-based care, whereas quality of the physical environment was higher in center-based child care. Children's well-being was higher and levels of problem behavior were lower in home-based care compared to center-based care. The caregiver-child relationship was related to a higher level of well-being and less problem behavior. Process quality was more strongly related to children's functioning in home-based child care compared to center-based child care. The dyadic relationship quality is an important element of the care ecology of preschool children and predicts child functioning in both home-based and center-based care.

本研究比较了荷兰中心护理和家庭护理中的过程质量和儿童功能，并探讨了二元照顾者-儿童关系的作用。本研究的参与者包括来自 74 个地点的 228 名儿童（154 名参加中心托儿服务，74 名家庭托儿所；平均年龄 2.5 岁）。以家庭为基础的托儿所获得的情感和行为支持以及照顾者与儿童的亲密程度高于以中心为基础的托儿所，而以中心为基础的托儿所的物理环境质量更高。与以中心为基础的护理相比，以家庭为基础的护理中儿童的幸福感更高，问题行为水平更低。看护人与孩子的关系与更高水平的幸福感和更少的问题行为有关。过程质量与儿童的关系更密切 与以中心为基础的托儿相比，以家庭为基础的托儿所发挥的作用。二元关系质量是学龄前儿童护理生态系统的重要组成部分，可预测儿童在家庭和中心护理中的功能。