NDLI: The Development and Validation of Australian Indices of Child Development

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Author	Sanson, Ann V. Hawkins, Mary T. Misson, Sebastian
Copyright Year	2009
Abstract	The two outcome indices described in a companion paper (Sanson et al., Child Indicators Research, 2009) were developed using data from the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children (LSAC). These indices, one for infants and the other for 4 year to 5 year old children, were designed to fill the need for parsimonious measures of children’s developmental status to be used in analyses by a broad range of data users and to guide government policy and interventions to support young children’s optimal development. This paper presents evidence from Wave 1data from LSAC to support the validity of these indices and their three domain scores of Physical, Social/Emotional, and Learning. Relationships between the indices and child, maternal, family, and neighborhood factors which are known to relate concurrently to child outcomes were examined. Meaningful associations were found with the selected variables, thereby demonstrating the usefulness of the outcome indices as tools for understanding children’s development in their family and socio-cultural contexts. It is concluded that the outcome indices are valuable tools for increasing understanding of influences on children’s development, and for guiding policy and practice to optimize children’s life chances.
Starting Page	293
Ending Page	312
Page Count	20
File Format	PDF
ISSN	1874897X
Journal	Child Indicators Research
Volume Number	3
Issue Number	3
e-ISSN	18748988
Language	English
Publisher	Springer Netherlands
Publisher Date	2010-01-26
Publisher Place	Dordrecht
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Developmental indicators Infant development Child development Outcome index Australia Childhood Education Quality of Life Research Child and School Psychology Social Work Social Sciences
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Sociology and Political Science Health (social science) Social Psychology

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