"It takes a village" to support the vocabulary development of children with multiple risk factors.
Dev Psychol
; 50(4): 1014-25, 2014 Apr.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-24188041
ABSTRACT
Data from a nationally representative sample from Turkey (N = 1,017) were used to investigate the environmental factors that support the receptive vocabulary of 3-year-old children who differ in their developmental risk due to family low economic status and elevated maternal depressive symptoms. Children's vocabulary knowledge was strongly associated with language stimulation and learning materials in all families regardless of risk status. Maternal warmth and responsiveness supported vocabulary competence in families of low economic status only when maternal depressive symptoms were low. In families with the highest levels of risk, that is, with depression and economic distress jointly present, support by the extended family and neighbors for caring for the child protected children's vocabulary development against these adverse conditions. The empirical evidence on the positive contribution of extrafamilial support to young children's receptive vocabulary under adverse conditions allows an expansion of our current theorizing about influences on language development.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Vocabulary
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Environment
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Language Development
Type of study:
Etiology_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Aspects:
Equity_inequality
Limits:
Child, preschool
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
En
Journal:
Dev Psychol
Year:
2014
Document type:
Article