d'Apice, Katrina and von Stumm, Sophie orcid.org/0000-0002-0447-5471 (2023) Does age moderate the influence of early life language experiences? A Naturalistic home observation study. Early Childhood Research Quarterly. pp. 400-409. ISSN 0885-2006
Abstract
We explored if children's age moderated associations between their early life language experiences and their linguistic and cognitive skills. For 107 British children, aged 24 to 48 months, and their families, we collected 3 day-long audio-recordings of their naturalistic home environments (M = 15.06 h per day, SD = 1.87). Children's cognitive ability was assessed by parent-ratings and with a cognitive testing booklet that children completed at home. We found that the quantity, lexical diversity and vocabulary sophistication of adult speech were associated with children's linguistic and cognitive skills. However, these associations were not moderated by children's age. Our findings suggest that the influence of early life language experience is not differentiated at age 24 to 48 months, at least in the current sample.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | Funding Information: This work was supported by the Wellcome Trust Seed Award to Sophie von Stumm ( 108208/Z/15/Z ). Sophie von Stumm is recipient of a CRISP Fellowship from the Jacobs Foundation (2022 to 2027) and supported by a British Academy Fellowship (2022). Publisher Copyright: ©2023 The Authors |
Keywords: | Cognitive development,Home observation,Language,Parent-child Interaction |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Social Sciences (York) > Education (York) |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 13 Jul 2023 09:50 |
Last Modified: | 21 Jan 2025 18:09 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecresq.2023.01.009 |
Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.ecresq.2023.01.009 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:201548 |
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