According to the Early Child Care study, children whose mothers work outside the home
A) are more likely to develop insecure attachments than those children whose mothers stay at home with them.
B) are more likely to develop insecure attachments when they spend many hours in day care.
C) are likely to develop insecure attachments when their mothers showed less sensitive mothering combined with low quality or large amounts of day care.
D) are more likely to develop insecure attachments when parents changed child-care arrangements frequently.

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The Early Child Care study found that children whose mothers work outside the home are likely to develop insecure attachments when their mothers showed less sensitive mothering combined with low quality or large amounts of day care. Therefore, option C is the best choice. Option A is incorrect because the study did not find a direct correlation between maternal employment and insecure attachments. Option B is not entirely correct, as it only applies to situations where children spend many hours in day care. Option D is also incorrect because the study did not look at the frequency of changing child-care arrangements.

According to the Early Child Care Study, Children Whose Mothers