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Journal of Pediatric Psychology 20(3) pp. 347-362, 1995
© 1995 Society of Pediatric Psychology

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Home Environment and Adaptive Social Behavior Among Premature, Low Birth Weight Children: Alternative Models of Environmental Action 1

Robert H. Bradley2,, Leanne Whiteside, Daniel J. Mundfrom, Belinda Blevins-Knabe, Patrick H. Casey, Bettye M. Caldwell, Kelly H. Kelleher, Sandra Pope and Kathleen Barrett

University of Arkansas at Little Rock, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

2All correspondence should be sent to Robert H. Bradley, Center for Research on Teaching &Learning, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, 2801 S. University Avenue, Little Rock, Arkansas 72204

Used data from 465 premature, low birth weight children representing three major sociocultural groups (Caucasian, African American, Hispanic) to examine the relation between children's home environments and their adaptive social behavior. Results showed low to moderate associations between scores on the HOME Inventory at 1 and 3 years and scores on two measures of adaptive social behavior at 30 to 36 months, the Adaptive Social Behavior Inventory, and observations of mother-child interaction in a structured laboratory situation. Results indicated that responsive, nurturant care at both 1 and 3 years are related to child adaptive social behavior, as are cognitively stimulating experiences and materials. However, canonical correlational analysis indicated that only Acceptance and Variety of Experience, measured at age 3, and Variety of Experience measured at age 1 accounted for independent amounts of variance in adaptive social behavior as perceived by mothers. Also, only sociocultural group status and Learning Materials at 36 months contributed to the prediction of persistence and enthusiasm as observed in the laboratory setting.

Key words: low birth weight children; home environment; adaptive social behavior.


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