TY - JOUR
T1 - Measuring home environments across cultures
T2 - Invariance of the HOME scale across eight international sites from the MAL-ED study
AU - Jones, Paul C.
AU - Pendergast, Laura L.
AU - Schaefer, Barbara A.
AU - Rasheed, Muneera
AU - Svensen, Erling
AU - Scharf, Rebecca
AU - Shrestha, Rita
AU - Maphula, Angelina
AU - Roshan, Reeba
AU - Rasmussen, Zeba
AU - Seidman, Jessica C.
AU - Murray-Kolb, Laura E.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 The Authors
PY - 2017/10
Y1 - 2017/10
N2 - The home environment provides the context for much of a child's early development. Examples of important aspects of the home environment include safety, cleanliness, and opportunities for cognitive stimulation. This study sought to examine the psychometric properties of an adapted form of the Home Observation for the Measurement of the Environment (HOME; Caldwell & Bradley, 1984, 2003) across the eight international sites of the MAL-ED project (Dhaka, Bangladesh; Vellore, India; Bhakatapur, Nepal; Naushahro Feroze, Pakistan; Fortaleza, Brazil; Loreto, Peru; Venda, South Africa; Haydom, Tanzania), to identify a factor structure that fit the data at all sites, and to derive a subset of items that could be used to examine home environmental characteristics across sites. A three-factor structure (i.e., Emotional and Verbal Responsivity; Clean and Safe Environment; Child Cleanliness) was identified, and partial measurement equivalence/invariance across sites was supported. Overall, these findings lend support for the use of portions of this abbreviated and adapted version of the HOME for use among heterogeneous, cross-cultural groups in low- and middle-income nations.
AB - The home environment provides the context for much of a child's early development. Examples of important aspects of the home environment include safety, cleanliness, and opportunities for cognitive stimulation. This study sought to examine the psychometric properties of an adapted form of the Home Observation for the Measurement of the Environment (HOME; Caldwell & Bradley, 1984, 2003) across the eight international sites of the MAL-ED project (Dhaka, Bangladesh; Vellore, India; Bhakatapur, Nepal; Naushahro Feroze, Pakistan; Fortaleza, Brazil; Loreto, Peru; Venda, South Africa; Haydom, Tanzania), to identify a factor structure that fit the data at all sites, and to derive a subset of items that could be used to examine home environmental characteristics across sites. A three-factor structure (i.e., Emotional and Verbal Responsivity; Clean and Safe Environment; Child Cleanliness) was identified, and partial measurement equivalence/invariance across sites was supported. Overall, these findings lend support for the use of portions of this abbreviated and adapted version of the HOME for use among heterogeneous, cross-cultural groups in low- and middle-income nations.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jsp.2017.06.001
DO - 10.1016/j.jsp.2017.06.001
M3 - Article
C2 - 28735604
AN - SCOPUS:85021426204
SN - 0022-4405
VL - 64
SP - 109
EP - 127
JO - Journal of School Psychology
JF - Journal of School Psychology
ER -