Barbara Alexander Pan|Meredith L. Rowe|J. David Singer|Catherine E. Snow
Maternal Correlates of Growth in Toddler Vocabulary Production in Low?Income Families
University of Chicago
study investigated predictors growth toddlers vocabulary production ages 1 3 years analyzing motherchild communication 108 lowincome families individual growth modeling used describe patterns growth childrens observed vocabulary production predictors initial status betweenperson change results indicate large variation growth across children observed variation positively related diversity maternal lexical input maternal language literacy skills negatively related maternal depression maternal talkativeness related growth childrens vocabulary production sample implications examination longitudinal data relatively large sample lowincome families discussed