Factors related to the quality of the home environment and children's achievement

This study tested Belsky's model of the determinants of parenting. Using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY), the study focused on 898 mothers (African Americans, n = 347; Caucasians, n = 551) and their 6- to 8-year-old children. Consistent with Belsky's model, mothe...

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Main Authors: Baharudin, Rozumah, Luster, Tom
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Language:English
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Published: Sage Publications 1998
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description This study tested Belsky's model of the determinants of parenting. Using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY), the study focused on 898 mothers (African Americans, n = 347; Caucasians, n = 551) and their 6- to 8-year-old children. Consistent with Belsky's model, mothers who provided better quality home environments had higher levels of education, intelligence, and self-esteem. Mothers with higher family incomes, fewer children, and higher marital quality provided more supportive home environments. In addition, age and gender of the children were significantly related to the quality of the children's home environments. Additional analyses indicated that the quality of the home environment that mothers of both ethnic groups provided was related to their children's achievement.
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spelling upm-401472024-07-25T06:38:57Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/40147/ Factors related to the quality of the home environment and children's achievement Baharudin, Rozumah Luster, Tom This study tested Belsky's model of the determinants of parenting. Using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY), the study focused on 898 mothers (African Americans, n = 347; Caucasians, n = 551) and their 6- to 8-year-old children. Consistent with Belsky's model, mothers who provided better quality home environments had higher levels of education, intelligence, and self-esteem. Mothers with higher family incomes, fewer children, and higher marital quality provided more supportive home environments. In addition, age and gender of the children were significantly related to the quality of the children's home environments. Additional analyses indicated that the quality of the home environment that mothers of both ethnic groups provided was related to their children's achievement. Sage Publications 1998-07 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/40147/1/Factors%20related%20to%20the%20quality%20of%20the%20home%20environment%20and%20children%27s%20achievement.pdf text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/40147/7/baharudin-luster-1998-factors-related-to-the-quality-of-the-home-environment-and-children-s-achievement.pdf Baharudin, Rozumah and Luster, Tom (1998) Factors related to the quality of the home environment and children's achievement. Journal of Family Issues, 19 (4). pp. 375-403. ISSN 0192-513X; ESSN: 1552-5481 http://jfi.sagepub.com/content/19/4/375.abstract 10.1177/019251398019004002
spellingShingle Baharudin, Rozumah
Luster, Tom
Factors related to the quality of the home environment and children's achievement
title Factors related to the quality of the home environment and children's achievement
title_full Factors related to the quality of the home environment and children's achievement
title_fullStr Factors related to the quality of the home environment and children's achievement
title_full_unstemmed Factors related to the quality of the home environment and children's achievement
title_short Factors related to the quality of the home environment and children's achievement
title_sort factors related to the quality of the home environment and children's achievement
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