Home observation for measurement of the environment: a revision of the preschool scale.
Information pertaining to a revision of the Caldwell HOME Inventory for use with families of children ages 3 to 6 was presented. Factor and item analyses were used as a basis for reducing the number of items from 80 to 55. The items were clustered into eight subscales. Kuder-Richardson 20 coefficients for the scale ranged from .53 to .93. Concurrent and predictive validity studies indicated that the HOME scales significantly correlated with IQ (as high as r = .58). Low to moderate correlations were obtained between HOME scores and SES measures, with significant correlations ranging from .30 to .65.
D002675:Child, Preschool; D002658:Developmental Disabilities / Q000175:diagnosis; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D011594:Psychometrics; D012306:Risk; D012931:Social Environment; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013195:Stanford-Binet Test