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Maternal verbal responses to communication of infants at low and heightened risk of autism

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Leezenbaum, Nina B, Campbell, Susan B, Butler, Derrecka, Iverson, Jana M·2014·Autism
DOI 10.1177/1362361313491327PMC PMC4509678
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This study investigates mothers’ responses to infant communication among infants at heightened genetic risk (high risk) of autism spectrum disorder compared to infants with no such risk (low risk). A total of 26 infants, 12 of whom had an older sibling with autism spectrum disorder, were observed during naturalistic in-home interaction and semistructured play with their mothers at 13 and 18 months of age. Results indicate that overall, mothers of low-risk and high-risk infants were highly and similarly responsive to their infants’ communicative behaviors. However, examination of infant vocal and gestural communication development together with maternal verbal responses and translations (i.e. verbally labeling a gesture referent) suggests that delays in early communication development observed among high-risk infants may alter the input that these infants receive; this in turn may have cascading effects on the subsequent development of communication and language.

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  • For hearing children, many studies reveal the importance of the early multimodal period in language development, where the participatory role of caregivers can elicit richer communication from children and is predictive of later child language abilities.

    “For hearing children, many studies reveal the importance of this early multimodal period in language development [138][139][140], where the participatory role of care givers can elicit richer communication from children [136,141,142] and is predictive of later child language abilities [143,144].”

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Authors
Leezenbaum, N. B., Campbell, S. B., Butler, D., & Iverson, J. M.
Affiliations
  • University of Pittsburgh (US)
  • Northern Illinois University (US)
ORCID
Venue
Autism
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Published
2013-10-10
Volume
18
Issue
6
Pages
694-703
ISSN
  • 1362-3613 (ISSN-L)
  • 1461-7005
DOI
10.1177/1362361313491327
PMC
PMC4509678
OpenAlex
W2109321734
Cited by
140
References
88
Citations by year
2026: 3 · 2025: 9 · 2024: 7 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 8 · 2021: 13 · 2020: 46 · 2019: 10 · 2018: 19 · 2017: 7 · 2016: 6 · 2015: 5 · 2014: 3
FWCI
2.56
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license (tdm)
Locations
  • Autism (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • University of Missouri
  • Johns Hopkins University
  • University of Pittsburgh
  • National Institute of Mental Health (R01MH091036)
  • Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (HD 054979, HD55748, P01HD035469, HD35469, R01HD041607, U19HD035469, P50HD055748, R01 HD 41607, R01HD054979)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Language Development and Disorders
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Child and Animal Learning Development
Keywords
autism spectrum disorder, infant communication, older siblings, maternal responsiveness, infant gestures, early communication development, language development
MeSH terms
Adult, Autistic Disorder, Child Development, Communication, Female, Humans, Infant, Male, Maternal Behavior, Mother-Child Relations, Nonverbal Communication, Risk, Speech, Infant Behavior

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