USING THE HOME INVENTORY WITH INFANTS IN COSTA-RICA
USING THE HOME INVENTORY WITH INFANTS IN COSTA-RICA
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DOI：
10.1177/016502549501800206
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发表时间：
1995-06-01
影响因子：
3.7
通讯作者：
WOLF, AW
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作者：
LOZOFF, B;PARK, AM;WOLF, AW
本研究确定了心理测量特性的家庭（家庭观察测量环境）库存在拉丁美洲的样本。183名健康哥斯达黎加婴儿的HOME数据与小石城的原始HOME标准化样本进行了比较。哥斯达黎加家庭总平均数为29.8 +/- 6.7，与小石城家庭的得分相似（平均数= 31.2 +/- 7.3）。措施或内部一致性和因素结构相似，在美国和哥斯达黎加的样本。与这些相似性相反，哥斯达黎加的HOME分数与婴儿期的发育测试分数（Bayley MDI）没有显著相关性，与5岁时的全面智商（WPPSI）的相关性虽然有统计学意义（r = 0.28，P < 0.05），但并不显著。这些关系与布拉德利等人最近的一项合作研究中墨西哥裔美国儿童的关系相似，1989年，没有美国白色和黑人人口那么强。然而，当结果的概念被扩大到智商分数以外，包括儿童健康和发展的一般，家庭似乎敏感的重要环境差异，在这个哥斯达黎加组。较低的HOME评分与母乳喂养时间较短有关，并与婴儿期缺铁性贫血的儿童（一种与长期发育不利有关的疾病）有关。因此，HOME有助于识别拉丁美洲样本中存在发育迟缓风险的儿童。
This study determined the psychometric properties of the HOME (Home Observation for Measurement of the Environment) Inventory in a Latin American sample. HOME data for 183 healthy Costa Rican infants were compared to the original HOME standardisation sample from Little Rock. The Costa Rican total HOME average of 29.8 +/- 6.7 was similar to the scores of families in Little Rock (mean = 31.2 +/- 7.3). Measures or internal consistency and factor structure were similar in US and Costa Rican samples. In contrast to these similarities, Costa Rican HOME scores showed no significant correlation with developmental test scores in infancy (Bayley MDI), and the correlation with Full Scale IQ (WPPSI) at five years was modest, albeit statistically significant (r = 0.28, P < 0.05). These relationships were similar to those of Mexican-American children in a recent collaborative study by Bradley et al., 1989 and not as strong as for US white and black populations. However, when the concept of outcome was broadened beyond IQ scores to include child health and development in general, the HOME seemed sensitive to important environmental differences in this Costa Rican group. Lower HOME scores related to a shorter duration of breastfeeding and differentiated children with iron deficiency anaemia in infancy, a condition associated with long-lasting developmental disadvantage. Thus, the HOME was helpful in identifying children at risk for delayed development in this Latin American sample.