The Infant/Toddler Home Observation for Measurement of the Environment (IT-HOME) Validity and Reliability Study for Turkey

FINDIK E., ARAL N.

JOURNAL OF CHILD AND FAMILY STUDIES, cilt.32, sa.8, ss.2513-2521, 2023 (SSCI) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 32 Sayı: 8
  • Basım Tarihi: 2023
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1007/s10826-023-02591-3
  • Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF CHILD AND FAMILY STUDIES
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, ASSIA, International Bibliography of Social Sciences, CAB Abstracts, CINAHL, Criminal Justice Abstracts, EBSCO Education Source, Education Abstracts, Psycinfo, Public Affairs Index, Social services abstracts, Sociological abstracts, Violence & Abuse Abstracts
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.2513-2521
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Home environment, Infancy, Measurement, Validity, Reliability, MENTAL TEST-PERFORMANCE, YOUNG-CHILDREN, FOLLOW-UP, INFANT, HEALTH, COMPETENCE, MOTIVATION, BEHAVIOR, OUTCOMES, CONTEXT
  • Ankara Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Physical and social environments, particularly the home environment in infancy, bring substantial impacts on child development; therefore, growth may be promoted when the home environment is duly regarded. Ultimately, the present study was conducted with 203 infants and toddlers living in Ankara (51% were females) and attempted to adapt the Infant-Toddler Home Observation for Measurement of the Environment (IT-HOME) into Turkish to evaluate the home environment for children up to 3 years of age. While 33% of the children were 3-12 months, 34% were 13-24 months, and 33% were 25-36 months. We collected the data using a demographic information form, the IT-HOME, and the Ages and Stages Questionnaires-Turkish Version (ASQ-TV). Accordingly, for linguistic validity, we calculated the consistency between the original scale and its back-translation to be 92%. Moreover, the Lawshe method adopted to analyze the expert opinions yielded content validity indices (CVI) to range between +0.88 and +1.00 for the dimensions of the IT-HOME. The analyses for criterion validity yielded positive and significant correlations between the dimensions of the IT-HOME and components of the ASQ-TV (r = 0.146-0.369). We then calculated the test-retest and interrater reliability coefficients to be 0.745 and 0.989, respectively. In conclusion, in the current study, the IT-HOME was found to demonstrate good initial interrater and test-retest reliability and content validity in a Turkish sample.