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


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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

Abstract

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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Item Type: Article
Divisions: Faculty of Human Ecology
DOI Number: https://doi.org/10.1177/019251398019004002
Publisher: Sage Publications
Keywords: Belsky's model; Home environment; Children's achievement
Depositing User: Nabilah Mustapa
Date Deposited: 14 Sep 2015 00:22
Last Modified: 25 Jul 2024 06:38
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URI: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/40147
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