Family Play, Reading, and Other Stimulation and Early Childhood Development in Five Low-and-Middle-Income Countries

Autor/inn/en	Cuartas, Jorge; McCoy, Dana; Sánchez, Juliana; Behrman, Jere; Cappa, Claudia; Donati, Georgina; Heymann, Jody; Lu, Chunling; Raikes, Abbie; Rao, Nirmala; Richter, Linda; Stein, Alan; Yoshikawa, Hirokazu
Titel	Family Play, Reading, and Other Stimulation and Early Childhood Development in Five Low-and-Middle-Income Countries
Quelle	In: Developmental Science, 26 (2023) 6, (14 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Cuartas, Jorge)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1363-755X
DOI	10.1111/desc.13404
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Young Children; Child Development; Family Environment; Stimulation; Caregiver Child Relationship; Child Caregivers; Family Involvement; Play; Reading; Low Income; Bangladesh; Bhutan; Cambodia; Ethiopia; Rwanda + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Frühe Kindheit; Kindesentwicklung; Familienmilieu; Caregiver; Caregivers; Carer; Child; Children; Kinderbetreuung; Spiel; Leseprozess; Lesen; Niedriglohn; Bangladesch; Kambodscha; Äthiopien; Ruanda
Abstract	This paper used longitudinal data from five studies conducted in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, Ethiopia, and Rwanda to examine the links between family stimulation and early childhood development outcomes (N = 4904; M[subscript age] = 51.5; 49% girls). Results from random-effects and more conservative child-fixed effects models indicate that across these studies, family stimulation, measured by caregivers' engagement in nine activities (e.g., reading, playing, singing), predicted increments in children's early numeracy, literacy, social-emotional, motor, and executive function skills (standardized associations ranged from 0.05 to 0.11 SD). Study-specific models showed variability in the estimates, with null associations in two out of the five studies. These findings indicate the need for additional research on culturally specific ways in which caregivers may support early development and highlight the importance of promoting family stimulation to catalyze positive developmental trajectories in global contexts. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01