Early child language mediates the relation between home environment and school readiness.
Child Dev
; 80(3): 736-49, 2009.
Article
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-19489900
ABSTRACT
Home environment quality is a well-known predictor of school readiness (SR), although the underlying processes are little known. This study tested two hypotheses (a) child language mediates the association between home characteristics (socioeconomic status and exposure to reading) and SR, and (b) genetic factors partly explain the association between language and SR. Data were collected between 6 and 63 months in a large sample of twins. Results showed that home characteristics had direct effects on SR and indirect effects through child language. No genetic correlation was found between language and SR. These results suggest that home characteristics affect SR in part through their effect on early language skills, and show that this process is mainly environmental rather than genetic in nature.
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Banco de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Lectura
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Medio Social
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Gemelos
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Conducta Infantil
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Lenguaje Infantil
Tipo de estudio:
Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Límite:
Child, preschool
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Female
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Humans
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Infant
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Male
País/Región como asunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Child Dev
Año:
2009
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Canadá