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Association between Maternal Sensitivity and Child Receptive Language Development: Quasi-Causal Evidence Using a Sibling Comparison Design
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Madigan, Sheri; Plamondon, André; Jenkins, Jennifer M. – Developmental Psychology, 2023
Observational studies have shown that caregiver sensitivity predicts child language skills. These studies, however, have entirely relied on between-family designs (single parent-child dyad per family), which cannot rule out the contribution of shared family confounds (e.g., genetics, books in home). The current study investigates whether observed…
Descriptors: Mothers, Parent Child Relationship, Predictor Variables, Receptive Language
Infant Attention and Maternal Education Are Associated with Childhood Receptive Vocabulary Development
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Bruce, Madeleine; Miyazaki, Yasuo; Bell, Martha Ann – Developmental Psychology, 2022
Receptive vocabulary development was examined in 313 children (151 girls; 78% White) as a function of infant attention and maternal education (66% of mothers held a college degree or higher). Attention was measured at 10 months using a dynamic puppet task and receptive vocabulary was measured at 3-, 4-, 6-, and 9 years of age using the Peabody…
Descriptors: Receptive Language, Vocabulary Development, Infants, Attention
Show, Give, and Point Gestures across Infancy Differentially Predict Language Development
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Choi, Boin; Wei, Ran; Rowe, Meredith L. – Developmental Psychology, 2021
It is well established that deictic gestures, especially pointing, play an important role in children's language development. However, recent evidence suggests that other types of deictic gestures, specifically show and give gestures, emerge before pointing and are associated with later pointing. In the present study, we examined the development…
Descriptors: Nonverbal Communication, Infants, Language Acquisition, Age Differences
Longitudinal Relations among Household Chaos, SES, and Effortful Control in the Prediction of Language Skills in Early Childhood
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Lecheile, Bridget M.; Spinrad, Tracy L.; Xu, Xiaoye; Lopez, Jamie; Eisenberg, Nancy – Developmental Psychology, 2020
Previous research has shown that home environment plays an important role in children's early language skills. Yet, few researchers have examined the unique role of family-level factors (socioeconomic status [SES], household chaos) on children's learning or focused on the longitudinal processes that might explain their relations to children's…
Descriptors: Family Environment, Socioeconomic Status, Language Skills, Language Acquisition
Development of Restricted and Repetitive Behaviors from 15 to 77 Months: Stability of Two Distinct Subtypes?
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Uljarevic, Mirko; Arnott, Bronia; Carrington, Sarah J.; Meins, Elizabeth; Fernyhough, Charles; McConachie, Helen; Le Couteur, Ann; Leekam, Susan R. – Developmental Psychology, 2017
A community sample of 192 parents reported on their children's restricted and repetitive behaviors (RRBs) at mean ages 15 months (N = 138), 26 months (N = 191), and 77 months (N = 125) using the Repetitive Behavior Questionnaire-2 (RBQ-2). Consistent with previous factor analytic research, 2 factors were found at each age: 1 comprising repetitive…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Child Development, Toddlers, Young Children
Developmental Trajectories of Physical Aggression and Prosocial Behavior in Early Childhood: Family Antecedents and Psychological Correlates
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Jambon, Marc; Madigan, Sheri; Plamondon, André; Jenkins, Jennifer – Developmental Psychology, 2019
Research has documented various family and individual risk factors associated with severe conduct problems, but little is known about the developmental origins of children who engage in both aggressive and prosocial interactions with others. The present study utilized growth-mixture modeling to identify distinct trajectories of physical aggression…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Children, Aggression, Prosocial Behavior