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ERIC Number: EJ948431
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2011-Nov
Pages: 10
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0165-0254
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Relation of Home Chaos to Cognitive Performance and Behavioral Adjustment of Pakistani Primary School Children
Shamama-tus-Sabah, Syeda; Gilani, Nighat; Wachs, Theodore D.
International Journal of Behavioral Development, v35 n6 p507-516 Nov 2011
Recent findings from Western developed countries have linked home chaos to children's cognitive performance and behavioral problems. In the present paper we test whether the same pattern of associations can be replicated in a non-Western developing country. Our sample was 203 Pakistani primary school children. To assess home chaos the Confusion, Hubbub, and Order Scale (CHAOS) was translated into Urdu and administered to mothers. Children were assessed using the parent and teachers rating forms of the Behavioral Assessment System for Children and the Raven's Standard Progressive Matrices. Home chaos was not related to children's cognitive performance. However, replicating previous findings from Western developed countries, greater home chaos uniquely predicted higher levels of internalizing and externalizing behavioral problems as well as lower levels of adaptive behavior in Pakistani children, as rated by both mothers and teachers. (Contains 2 notes and 5 tables.)
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Elementary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Pakistan
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Raven Progressive Matrices
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