Lynne Vernon?Feagans|Mary Bratsch?Hines
Caregiver–child verbal interactions in child care: A buffer against poor language outcomes when maternal language input is less
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill|University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
recent research suggested high quality child care buffer young children poorer cognitive language outcomes risk poorer language readiness skills research measured quality parenting quality child care global observational measures rating scales specify exact maternal caregiver behaviors might causally implicated buffering children poor outcomes current study examined actual language mother child home verbal interactions caregiver child child care setting might implicated buffering effect high quality childcare sample included 433 rural children family life project child care 36 months age even controlling variety covariates including maternal education income race child previous skill child care type overall quality home quality child care environment observed positive caregiverchild verbal interactions child care setting interacted maternal language complexity diversity predicting childrens language development caregiverchild positive verbal interactions appeared buffer children poor language outcomes concurrently two years later children came homes observed maternal language complexity diversity picture book task less