Early Maternal Language Use during Book Sharing in Families from Low-Income Environments

Autor/inn/en	Abraham, Linzy M.; Crais, Elizabeth; Vernon-Feagans, Lynne; Cox, Martha; Blair, Clancy; Burchinal, Peg; Crnic, Keith; Crouter, Ann; Garrett-Peters, Patricia; Greenberg, Mark; Lanza, Stephanie; Mills-Koonce, Roger; Werner, Emily; Willoughby, Michael
Titel	Early Maternal Language Use during Book Sharing in Families from Low-Income Environments
Quelle	In: American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 22 (2013) 1, S.71-83 (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1058-0360
DOI	10.1044/1058-0360(2012/11-0153)
Schlagwörter	Mothers; Language Usage; Books; Infants; Communication (Thought Transfer); Child Development; Economically Disadvantaged; Rural Areas; Predictor Variables; Longitudinal Studies; North Carolina; Pennsylvania + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mother; Mutter; Sprachgebrauch; Book; Buch; Monographie; Monografie; Infant; Toddler; Toddlers; Kleinkind; Communication; thought; Kommunikation; Gedanke; Kindesentwicklung; Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; Prädiktor; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung
Abstract	Purpose: The authors examined the language used by mothers from low-income and rural environments with their infants at ages 6 and 15 months to identify predictors of maternal language use at the 15-month time point. Method: Maternal language use by 82 mothers with their children was documented during book-sharing interactions within the home in a prospective longitudinal study. The authors analyzed transcripts for maternal language strategies and maternal language productivity. Results: Analyses indicated variability across mothers in their language use and revealed some stability within mothers, as maternal language use at the 6-month time point significantly predicted later maternal language. Mothers who used more language strategies at the 6-month time point were likely to use more of these language strategies at the 15-month time point, even after accounting for maternal education, family income, maternal language productivity, and children's communicative attempts. Conclusions: Mothers' language use with their children was highly predictive of later maternal language use, as early as age 6 months. Children's communication also influenced concurrent maternal language productivity. Thus, programs to enhance maternal language use would need to begin in infancy, promoting varied and increased maternal language use and also encouraging children's communication. (Contains 4 tables.) (As Provided).
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