Elsje van Bergen|Titia L. van Zuijen|Dorothy Bishop|Peter F. de Jong
Why Are Home Literacy Environment and Children's Reading Skills Associated? What Parental Skills Reveal
University of Oxford|University of Amsterdam|University of Oxford|University of Amsterdam
abstract associations home literacy environment childrens reading ability often assumed reflect direct influence however heritability could account association parent child literacyrelated measures used data 101 motherfatherchild triads consider extent associations home literacy childrens reading fluency could accounted parental reading fluency although home literacy correlated significantly childrens reading variable predicted significant variance allowing parental reading except number books home incorporating measures heritable parental traits studies investigating home environment effects start identify variables correlates parental traits might play causal role fostering childrens development