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Stagnitti, Karen; Paatsch, Louise; Nolan, Andrea; Campbell, Kate – Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, 2023
Strong oral language skills are foundational for literacy development and begin before a child enters formal schooling. Oral language development has been related to pretend play abilities in children. Children, particularly those from disadvantaged areas, who enter school with low pretend play levels and oral language abilities, are at risk for…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Oral Language, Language Skills, Play
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Bretherton, Lesley; Prior, Margot; Bavin, Edith; Cini, Eileen; Eadie, Patricia; Reilly, Sheena – Emotional & Behavioural Difficulties, 2014
Following a biopsychosocial model, the study investigated the role of child factors (gender, IQ), maternal factors (psychological distress, maternal education and vocabulary, maternal distress) and environmental factors (SES) in the relationship between language impairment and behaviour problems in preschool children. Participants were drawn from…
Descriptors: Social Development, Emotional Development, Mothers, Parent Child Relationship