General Information

The Home Environment Questionnaire (HEQ) is an instrument designed to identify psychosocial factors that exert specific types of environmental pressure upon a target child. Two versions of the HEQ exist: the Single Parent Families Version and the Two Parent Families Version. Information below pertains to the Single Parent Families Version.

Number of Versions:	2
Version:	Single Parent Families
Author(s):	Jacob O. Sines
Date of Publication:	1984
Material(s) Needed for Test:	Instrument
Manual:	Available
Charge for one form or kit:	No

Purpose and Nature of Test

Construct(s) Measured:	Aggression
Population for which designed:	Age Range: 5 through 16 years old Grade Level: Fourth Grade to Sixth Grade
Method of Administration:	Individual
Source of Information:	Parent
Subtests and Scores:	Achievement, Aggression - External, Aggression - Home, Aggression - Total, Supervision, Change, Affiliation, Separation, Sociability, Socioeconomic Status
Number of Items:	91
Type of Scale:	Forced choice

Technical Evaluation

Norms: 

Sample Size:	116
Population:	Children of 11 schools in a small midwestern city.
Culture/ethnicity:	Not reported by author(s).
SES Level:	Not reported by author(s).

Reliability: 

Psychometric information:	Provided for Subscales.
The range of Test-Retest Value:	Not assessed
The range of Inter-rater reliability:	Not assessed
The range of Internal consistency:	0.26 to 0.83

Validity: 

Criterion validity data has not been presented or published in study.

Practical Evaluation

Scoring Procedure:	Manual Scoring
Examiner Qualifications and Training Required:	None
Permission Required to Use Instrument:	Yes
If yes, by whom:	Jacob O. Sines

Notes

Original Reference(s):	Laing, J. A., & Sines, J. O. (1982). The Home Environment Questionnaire: An instrument for assessing several behaviorally relevant dimensions of children's environments. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 7, 425-449.
Other Reference(s):	Sines, J. O., Clarke, W. M., & Lauer, R. M. (1984). Home Environment Questionnaire. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 12 (4), 519-529.
	Reviewed in the Buros Institute, Mental Measurements Yearbook. http://www.unl.edu/buros/

Contact

Name:	Jacob O. Sines
Organization:	University of Iowa
Address:	207 Black Springs Circle
City:	Iowa City
State:	IA
Zip:	52246-3801
Phone:	(319) 335-2435
E-mail:	jacob-sines@uiowa.edu
Website:	http://www.psychology.uiowa.edu

Last updated by Violence Institute of New Jersey:  February 2007