Maternal sensitivity and language in infancy each promotes child core language skill in preschool

• Main Authors: Bornstein, Marc H., Putnick, Diane L., Bohr, Yvonne, Abdelmaseh, Marette, Lee, Carol Yookyung, Esposito, Gianluca
• Other Authors: School of Social Sciences
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Social sciences::Psychology; Maternal Sensitivity; Maternal Language
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/143369
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Supporting language skills in the early years is important because children who begin school with stronger language skills continue to perform well later in their language as well as academic and socioemotional growth. This three-wave longitudinal study of 50 mother-infant dyads reveals that materna...