Contributors
Preface
1. Issues Concerning the Relationship Between Home Environment and Early Cognitive Development
References
2. 174 Children: A Study of the Relationship Between Home Environment and Cognitive Development During the First 5 Years
The Home Observation for Measurement of the Environment (Home) Inventory
Longitudinal Observation and Intervention Study
Home and Family Demographics
Correlations with Cognitive Development
Correlations with Language Performance
Stability of the Home Environment and Early Cognitive Development
Home—IQ Correlation: Direct or Indirect Relationship
Home, SES, Family Structure, and Cognitive Abilities
Summary
References
3. Home Environment and Cognitive Development in Young Children of Middle-Socioeconomic-Status Families
Introduction
Method
Results
Discussion
References
4. Home Environment and Cognitive Development in a Healthy, Low-Risk Sample: The Seattle Study
Introduction
Method
Results
Discussion
References
5. Home Environment and Early Cognitive Development in Mexican-American Children
Introduction
Parent—Child Development Center
Program Evaluation Procedures
Item Analysis
Determinants of Home Scores at Child-Age 12 Months
The Construct Validity of HOME
Program Evaluation
Cognitive Prediction
Summary
References
6. Home Environmental Influences on Cognitive Development in Preterm and Full-Term Children During the First 5 Years
Introduction
Method
Results
Conclusions
Summary
References
7. Home Environment and Cognitive Competence in Preterm Children During the First 5 Years
Introduction
Method
Results
Discussion
Summary of Findings
References
8. Proximal Experience and Early Cognitive—Intellectual Development: The Social Environment
Research Overview
Method
Discussion
Some Closing Thoughts on the Nature of Early Environmental Action
References
9. Home Environment and Early Cognitive Development: Integration, Meta-Analyses, and Conclusions
Home Environment
Home Environment and Cognitive Development
References
10. Home Environment and Early Cognitive Development: Implications for Intervention
Introduction
The Empirical Bases for Intervention
General Systems Theory as a Framework for Intervention
Conclusions
References
Author Index
Subject Index