Intelligence, Income, and Education as Potential Influences on a Child's Home Environment: A (Maternal) Sibling-Comparison Design

Autor/inn/en	Hadd, Alexandria Ree; Rodgers, Joseph Lee
Titel	Intelligence, Income, and Education as Potential Influences on a Child's Home Environment: A (Maternal) Sibling-Comparison Design
Quelle	In: Developmental Psychology, 53 (2017) 7, S.1286-1299 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0012-1649
DOI	10.1037/dev0000320
Schlagwörter	Family Environment; Child Development; Family Income; Educational Attainment; Environmental Influences; Mothers; Siblings; Comparative Analysis; Parent Influence; National Surveys; Longitudinal Studies; Correlation; Intelligence Quotient; Achievement Tests; Aptitude Tests; Vocational Aptitude; Armed Forces; Observation; Statistical Analysis; Genetics; National Longitudinal Survey of Youth; Peabody Individual Achievement Test; Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery; Home Observation for Measurement of Environment; Armed Forces Qualification Test + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Familienmilieu; Kindesentwicklung; Familieneinkommen; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Environmental influence; Umwelteinfluss; Mother; Mutter; Sibling; Geschwister; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Korrelation; Intelligenzquotient; Achievement test; Achievement; Testing; Test; Tests; Leistungsbeurteilung; Leistungsüberprüfung; Leistung; Testdurchführung; Testen; Aptitude test; Eignungsprüfung; Eignungstest; Ausbildungseignung; Berufseignung; Military; Militär; Beobachtung; Statistische Analyse; Humangenetik
Abstract	The quality of the home environment, as a predictor, is related to health, education, and emotion outcomes. However, factors influencing the quality of the home environment, as an outcome, have been understudied--particularly how children construct their own environments. Further, most previous research on family processes and outcomes has implemented between-family designs, which limit claims of causality. The present study uses kinship data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth to construct a maternal sibling-comparison design to investigate how maternal and child traits predict the quality of home environment. Using a standard between-family analysis, we first replicate previous research showing a relationship between maternal intelligence and the quality of the home environment. Then, we reevaluate the link between maternal intelligence and the home environment using differences between maternal sisters on several characteristics to explain differences between home environments for their children. Following, we evaluate whether child intelligence differences are related to home environment differences in the presence of maternal characteristics. Results are compared with those from the between-family analysis. Past causal interpretations are challenged by our findings, and the role of child intelligence in the construction of the home environment emerges as a critical contributor that increases in importance with development. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01