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Appendix C
LIST OF MEASURES USED IN THE NATIONAL Early Head Start Research and Evaluation Project (EHSRE)
 
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List of Measures
    Child's Age  
Measure Type 14-mo 24-mo 36-mo Construct
Achenbach System of Empirically-Based Assessment, Child Behavior Checklist, Aggressive subscale (Achenbach and Rescorla 2000)** CH   X X Aggressive behavior problems
Arnett Scale of Caregiver Behavior (Arnett, 1989)** CL X X X Caregiver's sensitivity, harshness, and detachment
Bayley Behavioral Rating Scale (Bayley 1993)** CH X X X Engagement of examiner, emotional regulation during assessment
Bayley Scales of Infant Development-II, Mental Development Index (Bayley 1993)** CH X X X Cognitive development

Beliefs Regarding Talking and Reading scale (Luster, Rhoades and Haas, 1989)

F   X   Parent's beliefs about talking and reading to children
Center for Epidemiological Studies - Depression Scale (CES-D; Radloff 1977)** F X     Parent's depressive symptoms
Center for Epidemiological Studies - Depression Scale, short form (CES-D; Radloff 1977; Ross, Mirowsky and Huber 1983) F     X Parent's depressive symptoms
Child-Caregiver Observation System (C-COS; Boller, Sprachman, and the Early Head Start Research Consortium 1998) CL   X X Quality, frequency, and types of provider-child interactions
Composite International Diagnostic Inventories (CIDI) - Short Form, Major Depression, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Alcohol Dependence, Drug Dependence (Nelson, Kessler, and Mroczek 1998 and World Health Organization 2002)** F   X   Parent's major depression, generalized anxiety disorder, alcohol abuse, and substance abuse
EAS Temperament Survey for Children (Buss and Plomin, 1984), selected items CH X     Temperament (emotionality and sociability)

Early Childhood Environmental Rating Scale-Revised (ECERS-R; Harms, Clifford, and Cryer 1998)**

CL     X Quality of the caregiving environment in center-based care
Family Day Care Rating Scale (FDCRS; Harms and Clifford 1989)** CL X X X Quality of the caregiving environment in home-based care
Family Environment Scale, Conflict subscale (Moos and Moos, 2002)** F X X X Family conflict
High Chair (Frustration) Assessment (Shaw et al. 1994; McHale et al. 1999) F X     Parent’s Sensitivity, Detachment, Negative Regard/Hostility, Positive Regard, Distance/Approach
High Chair (Frustration) Assessment (Shaw et al. 1994; McHale et al. 1999) CH X     Child Distress
Home Observation for Measurement of the Environment (HOME), Infant/Toddler Form (Caldwell and Bradley, 2003)** F X X   Quality of home environment, Reading and language activities, Emotional Responsivity, Support of Cognitive, Language and Literacy Environment, Maternal Verbal-Social Skills, Absence of Punitive Interactions
Home Observation for Measurement of the Environment (HOME), Preschool Form, NLSY version, selected items (Caldwell and Bradley, 2003 and Center for Human Resources Research, 2000) F     X

Quality of home environment, Reading and language activities, Warmth, Support of Language and Learning, Internal Physical Environment, Harshness

Discipline Vignettes F X X X Parental use of reasoning and developmentally appropriate approaches in parent-child conflict situations
Infant/Toddler Environment Rating Scale (ITERS, Harms, Cryer, and Clifford 1990)** CL X X   Quality of the caregiving environment in center-based care
Knowledge of Infant Development Inventory (KIDI, MacPhee, 1981), selected items** F X X   Parent's knowledge of childrearing practices, developmental processes, and infant developmental norms and milestones
MacArthur Communicative Development Inventories (CDI), Vocabulary Short Form, Level I; Part II, Section A First Communicative Gestures; and Part II, Section B Games and Routines (MacArthur CDI Advisory Board 1997; and Fenson et al. 2000a and b)** CH X    

Receptive vocabulary, productive vocabulary, use of gestures to communicate, parent-child communicative activities

MacArthur Communicative Development Inventories (CDI), Vocabulary Short Form, Level II; Part II, Question on Combining Words; and Section E. Complexity (MacArthur CDI Advisory Board 1997; Fenson et al. 2000a and b)** CH   X   Productive vocabulary, complexity of speech
Nursing Child Assessment Satellite Training (NCAST) Parent-Child Interaction Program, Teaching Scales (Barnard 1994; Sumner and Spietz 1994)** F   X   Parent total score
Nursing Child Assessment Satellite Training (NCAST) Parent-Child Interaction Program, Teaching Scales (Barnard 1994; Sumner and Spietz 1994)** CH   X   Child total score
Child's Health Status (National Health Interview Study) CH X X X Child's health status
Parent-Caregiver Relationship Scale (selected items) (Elicker, et al. 1996) F X X X Parent’s relationship with current nonrelative provider
Parent-Caregiver Relationship Scale (selected items) (Elicker, et al., 1996) CL X X X Caregiver’s relationship with parents
Parental Modernity Scale (selected items) (Schaefer and Edgerton 1985) F   X   Parent attitudes toward children and childrearing practices (traditional attitudes and practices; progressive attitudes and practices)
Parental Modernity Scale (selected items) (Schaefer and Edgerton 1985) CL   X X Caregiver attitudes toward children and childrearing practices (traditional attitudes and practices; progressive attitudes and practices)
Parenting Stress Index, Short Form (Abidin, 1995), Parental Distress and Parent-Child Dysfunctional Interaction Subscales** F X X X Parental distress, Parent-child dysfunctional interaction
Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test-III (PPVT-III; Dunn and Dunn 1997) or Test de Vocabulario en Imagenes Peabody (TVIP; Dunn, Padilla, Lugo, and Dunn, 1986)** CH     X Receptive Language

Provider Job Commitment (Kontos et al. 1995)

CL X X X Provider’s commitment to child care as a profession
Provider Motivation (Kontos et al. 1995) CL X X X Provider’s motivation for beginning child care work
Provider Views about Training (Kontos et al. 1995) CL X X X Provider's views about the usefulness of training
Puzzle Challenge (Problem-Solving) Task (Brady-Smith et al. 2001) F     X Parent Supportive Presence, Quality of Assistance, Detachment, Intrusiveness

Puzzle Challenge (Problem-Solving) Task (Brady-Smith et al. 2001)

CH     X Child Engagement of Parent, Persistence, Frustration with Task

Three-Bag Assessment (Semi-structured Play) (NICHD Study of Early Child Care 1992; Ware et al. 1998; Brady-Smith et al. 1999 and 2000)

F X X X Parent Supportiveness, Sensitivity, Positive Regard, Stimulation of Cognitive Development, Detachment, Intrusiveness, Negative Regard
Three-Bag Assessment (Semi-structured Play) (NICHD Study of Early Child Care 1992; Ware et al. 1998; Brady-Smith et al. 1999 and 2000) CH X X X Child Engagement of Parent; Sustained Attention to Objects, Negativity Toward Parent
Student-Teacher Relationship Scale (Conflict and Closeness subscales) (Pianta 1992) CH     X Conflict with child; Closeness toward child (provider report)
Mastery Scale (Pearlin and Schooler 1978) F X     Parent’s self-efficacy

Woodcock-Munoz Language Survey: Picture Vocabulary Test (Woodcock and Munoz-Sandeval 2001)

F   X  

Parental language/cognition

* CH - Child Measure, F - Family/Parent Measure, CL - Classroom Measure, S - Staff Measure

** A profile of this measure is included in this resource document.

 



 

 

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