Frank Niklas|Astrid Wirth|Sabrina Guffler|Nadja Drescher|Simone C. Ehmig
The Home Literacy Environment as a Mediator Between Parental Attitudes Toward Shared Reading and Children’s Linguistic Competencies
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München|Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
home learning environment plays important role childrens early competencies development particular early home literacy environment hle consists literacy resources interactions family support childrens linguistic literacy learning closely associated childrens language comprehension production key aspect hle shared reading start early childrens life part regular routine family however parental attitudes toward shared reading hardly analyzed longitudinal study analyzed associations parental attitudes toward shared reading childrens linguistic competencies whether associations may mediated hle interested changes parental attitudes time association child family background characteristics sample consisted n 133 children average age 3 years t1 children tested two times 6month period inbetween assessment parental attitudes toward shared reading socioeconomic status ses hle assessed via parental survey childrens sentence comprehension productive language grammar measured standardized test battery children whose parents positive attitude toward shared reading lived greater quality hle also performed better linguistic tests structural equation model indirect effect found showing hle mediated effect parental attitudes childrens linguistic competencies parental attitudes toward shared reading change significantly across t1 t3 lower score ses scale associated less positive attitude toward shared reading consequently parental attitudes toward shared reading seem important basis individual differences quality hle also childrens linguistic competencies attitudes vary context different family ses backgrounds may good target interventions support quality hle young childrens linguistic learning