Predicting Literacy Skills at 8 Years from Preschool Language Trajectories: A Population-Based Cohort Study

Autor/inn/en	Jin, Fufen; Schjølberg, Synnve; Wang, Mari Vaage; Eadie, Patricia; Nes, Ragnhild Bang; Røysamb, Espen; Tambs, Kristian
Titel	Predicting Literacy Skills at 8 Years from Preschool Language Trajectories: A Population-Based Cohort Study
Quelle	In: Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 63 (2020) 8, S.2752-2762 (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Jin, Fufen)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1092-4388
Schlagwörter	Prediction; Literacy; Gender Differences; Risk; Mother Attitudes; Delayed Speech; Preschool Children; Oral Language; Language Acquisition; Correlation; Longitudinal Studies; Measures (Individuals); Foreign Countries; Screening Tests; Autism; Pervasive Developmental Disorders; Norway + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Vorhersage; Alphabetisierung; Schreib- und Lesefähigkeit; Geschlechterkonflikt; Risiko; Mutterliebe; Sprachverzögerung; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Oral interpretation; Mündlicher Sprachgebrauch; Sprachaneignung; Spracherwerb; Korrelation; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Messdaten; Ausland; Screening-Verfahren; Autismus; Norwegen
Abstract	Purpose: This article explored the predictive values of three main language delay (LD) trajectories (i.e., persistent, late onset, and transient) across 3-5 years on poor literacy at 8 years. Additionally, the effect of gender was assessed, using both gender-neutral and gender-specific thresholds. Method: The data comprised mother-reported questionnaire data for 8,371 children in the Norwegian Mother, Father, and Child Cohort Study. Analyses were conducted using binary logistic regression in SPSS to make predictions about risk. Results: LD reported at preschool age was associated with excess risk of poor literacy at 8 years with odds ratios ranging from 3.19 to 9.75 dependent on trajectory, persistent LD being the strongest predictor. The odds ratio of transient LD was similar to that of late-onset LD. Gender was not found to play an important role in the association between oral language and literacy, as the gender difference disappeared when gender-specific deficit criterion was used. Conclusion: Our study supports the longitudinal association between preschool oral language and school-aged literacy skills and highlights the importance of different LD trajectories across preschool ages in predicting later literacy. Furthermore, practitioners are recommended to consider gender-specific cutoffs in relation to language and literacy measures. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01