Validation of the StimQ2: A parent-report measure of cognitive stimulation in the home

Considerable evidence demonstrates the importance of the cognitive home environment in supporting children's language, cognition, and school readiness more broadly. This is particularly important for children from low-income backgrounds, as cognitive stimulation is a key area of resilience that...

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Published inPloS one Vol. 18; no. 7; p. e0286708
Main Authors Cates, Carolyn Brockmeyer, Roby, Erin, Canfield, Caitlin F, Johnson, Matthew, Raak, Caroline, Weisleder, Adriana, Dreyer, Benard P, Mendelsohn, Alan L
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Public Library of Science 24.07.2023
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Subjects
Academic achievement
Academic readiness
Biology and Life Sciences
Child
Child Development
Child, Preschool
Children
Children & youth
Cognition
Cognition & reasoning
Cognitive ability
Educational materials
Home environment
Humans
Literacy
Medicine and Health Sciences
Parents
People and Places
Poverty
Questionnaires
Reading
Reproducibility of Results
Research and Analysis Methods
Social Sciences
Stimulation
Validity
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Summary:Considerable evidence demonstrates the importance of the cognitive home environment in supporting children's language, cognition, and school readiness more broadly. This is particularly important for children from low-income backgrounds, as cognitive stimulation is a key area of resilience that mediates the impact of poverty on child development. Researchers and clinicians have therefore highlighted the need to quantify cognitive stimulation; however existing methodological approaches frequently utilize home visits and/or labor-intensive observations and coding. Here, we examined the reliability and validity of the StimQ2, a parent-report measure of the cognitive home environment that can be delivered efficiently and at low cost. StimQ2 improves upon earlier versions of the instrument by removing outdated items, assessing additional domains of cognitive stimulation and providing new scoring systems. Findings suggest that the StimQ2 is a reliable and valid measure of the cognitive home environment for children from infancy through the preschool period.
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These authors shared first authorship on this work.
Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
ISSN:1932-6203
1932-6203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0286708