| Title: |
Early Child Language Mediates the Relation between Home Environment and School Readiness |
| Language: |
English |
| Authors: |
Forget-Dubois, Nadine; Dionne, Ginette; Lemelin, Jean-Pascal |
| Source: |
Child Development. May-Jun 2009 80(3):736-749. |
| Availability: |
Blackwell Publishing. 350 Main Street, Malden, MA 02148. Tel: 800-835-6770; Tel: 781-388-8599; Fax: 781-388-8232; e-mail: customerservices@blackwellpublishing.com; Web site: http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/jnl_default.asp |
| Peer Reviewed: |
Y |
| Physical Description: |
PDF |
| Page Count: |
14 |
| Publication Date: |
2009 |
| Document Type: |
Journal Articles; Reports - Research |
| Descriptors: |
School Readiness; Child Language; Genetics; Family Environment; Language Skills; Twins; Hypothesis Testing; Socioeconomic Status; Family Influence; Reading Readiness; Young Children; Infants; Toddlers; Correlation |
| DOI: |
10.1111/j.1467-8624.2009.01294.x |
| ISSN: |
0009-3920 |
| 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. |
| Abstractor: |
As Provided |
| Entry Date: |
2009 |
| Accession Number: |
EJ840082 |
| Database: |
ERIC |