Stability of Core Language Skill from Early Childhood to Adolescence: A Latent Variable Approach

Autor/inn/en	Bornstein, Marc H.; Hahn, Chun-Shin; Putnick, Diane L.; Suwalsky, Joan T. D.
Titel	Stability of Core Language Skill from Early Childhood to Adolescence: A Latent Variable Approach
Quelle	In: Child Development, 85 (2014) 4, S.1346-1356 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0009-3920
DOI	10.1111/cdev.12192
Schlagwörter	Language Skills; Children; Adolescents; Longitudinal Studies; Structural Equation Models; Child Language; Intelligence; Nonverbal Ability; Interpersonal Competence; Mothers; Educational Attainment; Parent Background; Speech; Social Desirability; Gender Differences; Early Intervention + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Language skill; Sprachkompetenz; Child; Kind; Kinder; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; 'Children''s language'; Kindersprache; Intelligenz; Klugheit; Interpersonale Kompetenz; Mother; Mutter; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Elternhaus; Speaking; Sprechen; Soziales Bedürfnis; Geschlechterkonflikt
Abstract	This four-wave prospective longitudinal study evaluated stability of language in 324 children from early childhood to adolescence. Structural equation modeling supported loadings of multiple age-appropriate multisource measures of child language on single-factor core language skills at 20 months and 4, 10, and 14 years. Large stability coefficients (standardized indirect effect = 0.46) were obtained between language latent variables from early childhood to adolescence even when accounting for child nonverbal intelligence and social competence and maternal verbal intelligence, education, speech, and social desirability. Stability coefficients were similar for girls and boys. Stability of core language skill was stronger from 4 to 10 to 14 years than from 20 months to 4 years, so early intervention to improve lagging language is recommended. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10