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AIM: To test the effect of child, family, and environmental factors on young
children's participation in home-based activities. METHOD: Caregivers of young
children were recruited using convenience and snowball sampling. Participants
were 395 caregivers of children (222 males, 173 females) aged from 1 month to 5
years and 11 months. Demographic items and the home section of the Young
Children's Participation and Environment Measure were administered online,
followed by completion of the daily activities, mobility, and social/cognitive
domains of the Pediatric Evaluation of Disability Inventory Computer Adaptive
Test by telephone interview. RESULTS: A structural equation model fitted the data
well (comparative fit index=0.91) and explained 31.2% of the variance in
perceived environmental support and 42.5% of the variance in home involvement.
Functional limitations and performance had an indirect effect on young children's
participation through their effect on perceived environmental support.
Specifically, fewer functional limitations and higher task performance were
associated with greater environmental support, which in turn predicted higher
levels of home involvement. INTERPRETATION: Results suggest the importance of a
young child's functional abilities and task performance on caregiver perceptions
of environmental support at home, and the impact of environmental support on a
child's participation in home-based activities during the early childhood period.
Results warrant replication with more diverse samples to evaluate model
generalizability.
CI - (c) 2016 The Authors. Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology published by John
Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Mac Keith Press.

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