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Oxford, Monica; Spieker, Susan – Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 2006
This longitudinal study examined a comprehensive set of predictors of preschool language performance in a sample of children of adolescent mothers. Six domains of risk (low maternal verbal ability, intergenerational risk, contextual risk, relational risk, home environmental risk, and child characteristics) for poor preschool language development,…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Language Acquisition, Early Parenthood, Longitudinal Studies
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Moore, Kristin A,; Snyder, Nancy O. – American Sociological Review, 1991
Using National Longitudinal Study of Youth and school enrollment data, this study examines effects of early childbearing and mothers' school progress on cognitive test scores of young children (626 Whites, 376 African Americans, and 240 Hispanic Americans). Cognitive achievement of mothers was a good predictor of children's cognitive achievement.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Blacks, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Development