A responsive stimulation intervention delivered from birth to age two is significantly associated with home environment quality at age two in rural Pakistan¶

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q2 i? Controlling for covariates, the responsive stimulation intervention was significantly and positively associated with children's home environment quality at age 2 (β = 0.385, SE = 0.028, 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 in Mplus 7.3 of the PEDS trial follow-up, with 1302 children clustered within 80 Lady Health Workers, controlling for family wealth, food insecurity, child gender, maternal education, family size, and the enhanced nutrition intervention. The intervention showed a significant positive path to home environment quality at 24 months, "β = 0.385, SE = 0.028, p <.001".

"Controlling for all covariates, the responsive stimulation intervention was significantly associated with children's home environment quality at age 2 (β = 0.385, SE = 0.028, p <.001)"

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Related Claims¶

• Home environment quality mediates the intervention's effects on children's social-emotional outcomes at age four — related
• Home environment quality at age four predicts children's behavior problems and social skills — related
• The responsive stimulation intervention is directly associated with children's social skills but not behavior problems at age four — related
• The zero-to-two responsive stimulation intervention shows sustained impacts on social skills and behavior problems into the preschool period despite severe disadvantage — related