Home environment quality at age four predicts children's behavior problems and social skills¶

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q2 i? Home environment quality at age four negatively predicted behavior problems (β = -0.139, SE = 0.037, p <.001) and positively predicted social skills (β = 0.236, SE = 0.035, p <.001). → Finch 2016

Evidence¶

Finch 2016¶

Finch, J. E., Obradović, J., & Yousafzai, A. (2016). Home environment quality mediates the effects of an early intervention on children's social-emotional development in rural Pakistan. SREE Spring 2016 Conference abstract. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED567225

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Path analysis of the PEDS four-year follow-up (N = 1302). Home environment quality at 48 months, measured with the HOME Inventory, showed the stated concurrent associations with both SDQ-derived outcomes, controlling for all covariates. Home environment at 24 months also predicted social skills (β = 0.101, p =.007).

"home environment quality at age four negatively predicted children's behavior problems (β =- 0.139, SE = 0.037, p <.001) and positively predicted children's social skills (β = 0.236, SE = 0.035, p <.001)"

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