1. Home Improvement: Evaluating Secular Changes in NLSY HOME-Cognitive Stimulation and Emotional Support Scores.
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O'Keefe, Patrick and Rodgers, Joseph Lee
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HOME environment , *CHILD psychology , *HOME Observation for Measurement of the Environment Inventory , *QUALITY of life , *CHILDREN , *MOTHERS , *SOCIAL support , *COGNITION , *SURVEYS , *MATERNAL age , *INTRACLASS correlation , *CULTURAL prejudices , *INTELLIGENCE tests , *LONGITUDINAL method - Abstract
This study evaluated changes over time in the quality of children's home environment, using the Home Observation Measurement of the Environment (HOME). Longitudinal increases in HOME scores were predicted by both theory and past empirical results. Analysis of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth Children data (N = 5715, aged 0–14) suggested that HOME scores have been increasing, and that the increase is a family-level phenomenon. The data were a sample of children born to mothers who were approximately representative of the United States in 1979. An increase in HOME scores occurred primarily for the three age categories younger than ten. Effect sizes were of approximately the same magnitude as the Flynn effect for intelligence. These results have implications for policy and future research regarding the home environment. Highlights: This study examined changes in the home environment using a large representative U.S. sample, trends were found spanning 30 years The trends discovered were consistent with other secular trends associated with the Flynn effect Maternal age at first birth was a particularly important predictor of children's home environment [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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