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Deborah Bergman Deitcher; Margarita Martín Martín; Dorit Aram – Early Education and Development, 2024
Research Findings: Cultural differences emerge in the home literacy environment and the nature of shared book-reading (SBR), yet the impact of culture on parents' book selection remains unexplored, despite the centrality of the book in SBR. Parents in Spain (n = 132) and Israel (n = 123), two Western countries with different cultural patterns,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cultural Differences, Family Environment, Reading Material Selection
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Dong, Yang; Wu, Sammy Xiao-Ying; Dong, Wei-Yang; Tang, Yi – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2020
A rich home literacy environment (HLE) fosters students' academic achievement. However, the link between HLE and children's reading comprehension is unclear. This study examined the effects of HLE factors on children's reading comprehension through a meta-analysis of 59 studies conducted between 1998 and 2018. Results of the meta-analysis…
Descriptors: Family Environment, Reading Comprehension, Educational Research, Correlation
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Katz, Ruth; Gur-Yaish, Nurit; Lowenstein, Ariela – International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 2010
We explore from a cross-national perspective three motivations in adult children to provide help to older parents: affectual solidarity, parental need for care, and filial norms. The sample is 1,055 adult children from Norway, Spain, and Israel, countries selected because they represent different family cultures and welfare regimes. Affectual…
Descriptors: Norms, Foreign Countries, Cultural Context, Cross Cultural Studies