Dale B. Christensen|Stephen R. Zubrick|David Lawrence|Francis Mitrou|Catherine L. Taylor
Risk Factors for Low Receptive Vocabulary Abilities in the Preschool and Early School Years in the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children
Telethon Kids Institute|University of Western Australia|Telethon Kids Institute|University of Western Australia|Telethon Kids Institute|University of Western Australia|Telethon Kids Institute|University of Western Australia|Telethon Kids Institute|University of Western Australia
receptive vocabulary development component human language system emerges first year life characterised onward expansion throughout life beginning infancy childrens receptive vocabulary knowledge builds foundation oral language reading skills foundations success school built early hence public health policy focus reducing developmental inequalities children start formal school underlying assumption childrens development stable therefore predictable time study investigated assumption relation childrens receptive vocabulary ability investigated extent low receptive vocabulary ability 4 years associated low receptive vocabulary ability 8 years predictive utility multivariate model included child maternal family risk factors measured 4 years study sample comprised 3847 children first nationally representative longitudinal study australian children lsac multivariate logistic regression used investigate risks low receptive vocabulary ability 48 years sensitivityspecificity analysis used examine predictive utility multivariate model multivariate model substantial risk factors receptive vocabulary delay 48 years order descending magnitude low receptive vocabulary ability 4 years low maternal education low school readiness moderate risk factors order descending magnitude low maternal parenting consistency socioeconomic area disadvantage low temperamental persistence nesb status following risk factors significant one siblings low family income reading child high maternal work hours aboriginal torres strait islander ethnicity results sensitivityspecificity analysis showed wellfitted multivariate model featuring risks substantive magnitude particularly well predicting low receptive vocabulary ability 48 years