A Factor Analytic Study of the Infant-Toddler and Early Childhood Versions of the HOME Inventory Administered to White, Black, and Hispanic American Parents of Children Born Preterm

Abstract

Factor analyses were performed on the Infant-Toddler and the Early Childhood versions of the HOME Inventory for 3 groups (blacks, whites, and Hispanics) of premature, low-birthweight children. Participants lived in 8 different U.S. cities. On the IT-HOME, 5 factors were originally retained for each group using the principal factors method of extraction. Factor structures for blacks and whites were similar, accounting for 85% and 75% of the variance, respectively. The structure for Hispanics was somewhat different; a 7-factor solution accounting for 65% of the variance was most interpretable. For the EC-HOME, 6 factors were retained for both black and white groups, accounting for 80% and 73% of the variance, respectively. For Hispanics, an 8-factor solution accounted for 59% of the variance. The factor structures for blacks and whites were largely in agreement with the current organization of items into subscales. The fit for Hispanics was not quite as good, but most factors also corresponded to current subscales.

Parenting and Children's Behavior at 36 Months: Equivalence Between African American and European American Mother - Child Dyads

“…This finding of general equivalence across racial groups is consistent with other studies of parenting (Bradley et al, 1994;Sugland et al, 1995;Whiteside-Mansell et al, 2001) that also found more similarity than not in the way in which parenting behaviors were organized (factor structure) in African American and European American families. Evidence for equivalence has emerged when narrowly defined aspects of parenting obtained from video coded data were studied (Whiteside-Mansell et al, 2001) and when more broadly defined dimensions of parenting coded in a combination of semistructured interviews and real-time coded observational coding were used (Bradley et al, 1994;Sugland et al, 1995).…”

“…Few studies have measured the full extensiveness of the construct, and most scholars would not argue that a parent has to be high on every dimension to be considered sensitive. Bradley, Mundfrom, Whiteside, Casey, and Barrett (1994) examined the factor structure of a semistructured interview observational assessment of parenting using exploratory factor analyses and found a similar structure for parental responsiveness across Black and White families. The comparability of maternal responsiveness across cultural groups has drawn attention because some aspects of it have been shown to be similar across some groups, whereas other aspects have been shown to be unique depending on the culture (Bornstein et al, 1992).…”

“…There is near universal agreement that hitting children -beyond perhaps some relatively mild strikes -is harsh and may result in emotional damage and maladaptive social behavior (Baumrind, Larzelere, & Cowan, 2002;Gershoff, 2002aGershoff, , 2002bHolden, 2002;Parke, 2002). Berlin et al, 1995;Bradley et al, 1994;Sugland et al, 1995). Demeaning children and subjecting them to severe restriction, isolation, or deprivation is also generally regarded as harsh treatment.…”

Early Behavioral Risks of Childhood and Adolescent Daytime Urinary Incontinence and Nocturnal Enuresis

“…Covariates considered were child age at each study time point, child sex, family SES, 21 family stress, 22 mothers’ IQ, 23 mothers’ depressive symptoms, 24 mothers’ highest level of education, and the emotional and material support provided in the child’s home environment. 25 Maternal depressive symptoms, years of education, and IQ were not related to any of the study variables and were not considered further. All other covariates considered were included as controls.…”

Postnatal Growth Patterns in a Chilean Cohort: The Role of SES and Family Environment

“…In order to answer the question of whether or not postnatal growth was related to SES and how family environment might mediate these relationships, we used data on birth weight and length and 12-month weight, length, SES and variables from the Home Observation for Measurement of the Environment (HOME) [31] from a large, longitudinal cohort of Chilean infants. This allowed us to establish direct and indirect associations between SES, family factors and infant growth.…”