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Differences between girls and boys in emerging language skills: Evidence from 10 language communities

Eriksson, Mårten, Marschik, Peter B., Tulviste, Tiia, Almgren, Margareta, Pérez Pereira, Miguel, Wehberg, Sonja, Marjanovič‐Umek, Ljubica, Gayraud, Frederique +2 more·2012·British Journal of Developmental Psychology

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The present study explored gender differences in emerging language skills in 13,783 European children from 10 non‐English language communities. It was based on a synthesis of published data assessed with adapted versions of the MacArthur‐Bates Communicative Development Inventories (CDIs) from age 0.08 to 2.06. The results showed that girls are slightly ahead of boys in early communicative gestures, in productive vocabulary, and in combining words. The difference increased with age. Boys were not found to be more variable than girls. Despite extensive variation in language skills between language communities, the difference between girls and boys remained. This suggests that the difference is caused by robust factors that do not change between language communities.

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Authors
Eriksson, M., Marschik, P. B., Tulviste, T., Almgren, M., Pérez Pereira, M., Wehberg, S., Marjanovič‐Umek, L., Gayraud, F., Kovacevic, M., & Gallego, C.
Affiliations
  • University of Gävle (SE)
  • Medical University of Graz (AT)
  • University of Tartu (EE)
  • University of the Basque Country (ES)
  • University of Southern Denmark (DK)
  • University of Ljubljana (SI)
  • Universidad Complutense de Madrid (ES)
Corresponding author
Eriksson, Mårten
Venue
British Journal of Developmental Psychology
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2011-06
Volume
30
Issue
2
Pages
326-343
ISSN
  • 0261-510X (ISSN-L)
  • 2044-835X
OpenAlex
W1910113017
Cited by
438
References
47
Citations by year
2026: 21 · 2025: 42 · 2024: 38 · 2023: 47 · 2022: 37 · 2021: 54 · 2020: 32 · 2019: 36 · 2018: 30 · 2017: 26 · 2016: 31 · 2015: 20 · 2014: 9 · 2013: 9 · 2012: 4
FWCI
14.93
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • British Journal of Developmental Psychology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • HAL (submittedVersion)
  • University of Southern Denmark Research Portal (University of Southern Denmark) (submittedVersion)
Funders
Austrian Science Fund
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Language Development and Disorders
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Child and Animal Learning Development
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Hearing Impairment and Communication
Keywords
gender differences, language development, early childhood language, gestural communication, vocabulary acquisition, word combinations, MacArthur-Bates Communicative Development Inventory, cross-cultural comparison, European children
MeSH terms
Age Factors, Analysis of Variance, Child, Preschool, Communication, Europe, Female, Gestures, Humans, Infant, Language, Language Development, Male, Sex Factors, Vocabulary, Comprehension

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