A Longitudinal Study of Vocabulary Size and Composition in Low Risk Preterm Children

Autor/inn/en	Pérez-Pereira, Miguel; Cruz, Raquel
Titel	A Longitudinal Study of Vocabulary Size and Composition in Low Risk Preterm Children
Quelle	In: First Language, 38 (2018) 1, S.72-94 (23 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0142-7237
DOI	10.1177/0142723717730484
Schlagwörter	Longitudinal Studies; Vocabulary Development; Biomedicine; Gender Differences; Mothers; Predictor Variables; Premature Infants; Cognitive Development; Child Development; Measures (Individuals); Regression (Statistics); Expressive Language; Comparative Analysis; Language Skills; Foreign Countries; Statistical Analysis; Spain; Battelle Developmental Inventory; MacArthur Communicative Development Inventory + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Wortschatzarbeit; Biomedizin; Geschlechterkonflikt; Mother; Mutter; Prädiktor; Frühgeburt; Kognitive Entwicklung; Kindesentwicklung; Messdaten; Regression; Regressionsanalyse; Language skill; Sprachkompetenz; Ausland; Statistische Analyse; Spanien
Abstract	The vocabulary size and composition of one group of full-term and three groups of low risk preterm children with different gestational ages (GA) were longitudinally compared at 10, 22 and 30 months of age. Expressive vocabulary development was assessed through the CDI. Cognitive development was also assessed at 22 months (Batelle Developmental Inventory), and data concerning biological and environmental characteristics of the children were also obtained. Growth curve analyses indicated that there were no significant differences in vocabulary size or percentage of word categories among GA groups. Regression analyses showed that word production and cognitive scores measured at 22 months were the main predictors of total vocabulary and word categories at 30 months. Gender, maternal education and GA did not contribute in a significant way to the variance of use of the vocabulary categories or vocabulary size. Therefore, GA does not seem to affect vocabulary development and composition when biomedical complications associated to prematurity are excluded. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01