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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 May 16.
Published in final edited form as: Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2011 Jan;165(1):33–41. doi: 10.1001/archpediatrics.2010.254

Table 4.

Effect of VIP and BB on Parent-Child Interaction at 6 Months: Selected Individual StimQ Items

VIP (n=126) BB (n=150) Control (n=134) F or χ2 P Valuea
ALM
 Infant toys, mean (SD) scaled score 1.4 (0.5)b 1.2 (0.6)b 1.0 (0.5)b 19.2 <.001
 Age started playing with toys, mean (SD), moc 2.5 (1.6)b 2.6 (1.4)b 3.0 (1.3)b 4.3 .02
READ
 Reads books to child (yes/no), % 86.4 89.2b 78.4b 6.8 .03
 Age started reading, mean (SD), mo(n=345)c 2.8 (1.8) 3.2 (1.9) 3.3 (1.9) 2.9 .06
 Frequency of reading, mean (SD), d/wk 3.9 (2.6)b 3.6 (2.4) 3.1 (2.5)b 3.4 .03
 Reads every day (yes/no), % 69.6 75.0b 59.0b 8.5 .01
 Reads bedtime story, mean (SD), d/wk(n=345)c 1.9 (2.6)b 1.2 (2.0)b 1.4 (2.2) 3.1 .04
 Reads books at other times of day, mean (SD), d/wk (n=345)c 3.7 (2.4) 3.4 (2.3) 3.1 (2.3) 1.8 .16
 Names pictures in books (yes/no), % 78.4b 81.1b 64.9b 10.9 .004
 Asks questions about pictures (yes/no), %(n=344)c 56.5b 46.2b 28.8b 16.8 <.001
PIDA, %
 Names objects in house 64.0b 47.3b 42.9b 12.8 .002
 Names objects in grocery store 38.4b 27.4 21.8b 8.9 .01
PVR
 Plays in front of a mirror, % 57.6 49.0 42.9 5.6 .06
 Practices making sounds together, % 60.8b 55.2 45.1b 8.6 .04
 Talks while feeding, % 26.4 15.9 17.3 5.4 .07
 Tells stories, mean (SD), d/wkb 1.5 (2.3)b 0.8 (1.6)b 0.8 (1.6)b 5.9 .003
 Talks together about surroundings, mean (SD), d/wk(n=353)c 3.5 (3.1)b 2.7 (2.7) 1.8 (2.7)b 9.8 <.001

Abbreviations: ALM, Availability of Learning Materials; BB, Building Blocks; PIDA, Parental Involvement in Developmental Advancement; PVR, Parental Verbal Responsivity; READ, Reading Activities; VIP, Video Interaction Project.

a

Ominibus P value based on analysis of variance or χ2 test.

b

Subscripts denote groups differing with P<.05 on planned pairwise comparisons using Tukey honestly significant difference test for analysis of variance or Keppel’s modified Bonferroni correction for χ2.

c

Items piloted for possible inclusion in revised StimQ assessment.