Nicholas Dowdall|G. J. Meléndez?Torres|Lynne Murray|Frances Gardner|Leila Hartford|Peter Cooper
Shared Picture Book Reading Interventions for Child Language Development: A Systematic Review and Meta?Analysis
University of Oxford|Cardiff University|University of Reading|University of Oxford|University of Cape Town|University of Reading
interventions train parents share picture books children seen strategy supporting child language development conducted metaanalyses using robust variance estimation modeling results 19 rct n total 2594 childage 16 years overall booksharing interventions small sized effect expressive language 041 receptive language 026 large effect caregiver booksharing competence 101 impact intervention child language moderated intervention dosage lower dosage associated minimal impact child age caregiver education level unrelated child outcome review metaanalysis confirms promise booksharing interventions enhancing accelerating child language development