The Effect of Older Sibling, Postnatal Maternal Stress, and Household Factors on Language Development in Two- to Four-Year-Old Children

Autor/inn/en	Havron, Naomi; Lovcevic, Irena; Kee, Michelle Z. L.; Chen, Helen; Chong, Yap Seng; Daniel, Mary; Broekman, Birit F. P.; Tsuji, Sho
Titel	The Effect of Older Sibling, Postnatal Maternal Stress, and Household Factors on Language Development in Two- to Four-Year-Old Children
Quelle	In: Developmental Psychology, 58 (2022) 11, S.2096-2113 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Havron, Naomi) ORCID (Lovcevic, Irena) ORCID (Kee, Michelle Z. L.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0012-1649
DOI	10.1037/dev0001417
Schlagwörter	Family Structure; Siblings; Family Environment; Mothers; Stress Variables; Birth Order; Language Acquisition; Preschool Children; Foreign Countries; Predictor Variables; Language Skills; Individual Characteristics; Child Development; Cognitive Ability; Singapore; Ages and Stages Questionnaires; Bayley Scales of Infant and Toddler Development; Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test; Kaufman Brief Intelligence Test; State Trait Anxiety Inventory + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Familienkonstellation; Familiensystem; Sibling; Geschwister; Familienmilieu; Mother; Mutter; Geburtenfolge; Sprachaneignung; Spracherwerb; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Ausland; Prädiktor; Language skill; Sprachkompetenz; Personality characteristic; Personality traits; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Kindesentwicklung; Denkfähigkeit; Singapur
Abstract	Previous literature has shown that family structure affects language development. Here, factors relating to older siblings (their presence in the house, sex, and age gap), mothers (maternal stress), and household size and residential crowding were assessed to systematically examine the different roles of these factors. Data from mother-child dyads in a Singaporean birth cohort, (677-855 dyads; 52% males; 58% to 61% Chinese, 20% to 24% Malay, 17% to 19% Indian) collected when children were 24, 48, and 54 months old, were analyzed. There was a negative effect of having an older sibling, moderated by the siblings' age gap, but not by the older sibling's sex, nor household size or residential crowding. Maternal stress affected language outcomes in some analyses but not others. Implications for understanding the possible effects of family structure on language development are discussed. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01