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Maternal education and measures of early speech and language.

Dollaghan, Christine A., Campbell, Thomas F., Paradise, Jack L., Feldman, Heidi M., Janosky, Janine E., Pitcairn, Dayna N., Kurs-Lasky, Marcia·1999·Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research

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The present study was designed to determine whether 4 measures of children's spontaneous speech and language differed according to the educational level of the children's mothers. Spontaneous language samples from 240 three-year-old children were analyzed to determine mean length of utterance in morphemes (MLUm), number of different words (NDW), total number of words (TNW), and percentage of consonants correct (PCC). A norm-referenced, knowledge-dependent measure of language comprehension, the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test-Revised (PPVT-R), was also included for purposes of comparison with the spontaneous measures. Three levels of maternal education were compared: less than high school graduate, high school graduate, and college graduate. Trend analyses showed statistically significant linear trends across educational levels for MLUm, NDW, TNW, and PPVT-R; the trend for PCC was not significant. The relationship of maternal education and other sociodemographic variables to measures of children's language should be examined before using such measures to identify children with language disorders.

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Authors: Dollaghan, C. A., Campbell, T. F., Paradise, J. L., Feldman, H. M., Janosky, J. E., Pitcairn, D. N., & Kurs-Lasky, M.
Affiliations: University of Pittsburgh (US)
Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh (US)
University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA
ORCID: Campbell, Thomas F.
Feldman, Heidi M.
Venue: Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research
Publisher: American Speech Language Hearing Association
Published: 1999-12
Volume: 42
Issue: 6
Pages: 1432-1443
ISSN: 1092-4388 (ISSN-L)
1558-9102
DOI: 10.1044/jslhr.4206.1432
OpenAlex: W2093177159
Cited by: 481
References: 70
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FWCI: 10.33
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Locations: Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders: National Institutes of Health (2r01hd026026-10a2, 5r29dc001858-05)
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (DC01858)
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (HD 26026)
Topics: Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Language Development and Disorders
Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Reading and Literacy Development
Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Hearing Impairment and Communication
Keywords: maternal education, preschool children, spontaneous speech, vocabulary size, consonant accuracy, language comprehension, Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test-Revised, sociodemographic factors
MeSH terms: Adult, Age Factors, Child Language, Child, Preschool, Educational Status, Female, Follow-Up Studies, Humans, Language Development, Language Disorders, Language Tests, Male, Mothers, Prospective Studies, Rural Population, Speech, Urban Population

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