Parent spatial language is concurrently associated with child spatial language at 48 months, explaining substantial variance beyond controls¶

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Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · associational r2 · q3
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Subclaims¶

q3 i? Adding parent spatial language variables raised explained variance in child spatial language quantity to 80.3% and quality to 57.0%. → Farran 2025 q3 i? Specific parent predictors differed by outcome: father quantity and mother quality predicted child quantity; both parents' quality predicted child quality. → Farran 2025 (2)

Evidence¶

Farran 2025¶

Farran, E. K., Fink, E., Hughes, C., Gilligan-Lee, K. A., & The NewFAMS team. (2025). Limited sex differences in spatial language in parent-child dyads. Learning and Instruction, 95, 102006. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.learninstruc.2024.102006

q3 · i? · associational · r2

Cross-sectional multiple regression (N = 107) with controls at step 1 and parent spatial language at step 2. Model 2 explained "80.3% of variance in children's spatial language quantity" and "57.0% of variance in children's spatial language quality"; no child-sex interactions were retained.

"Model 2 (with step 2 parent spatial language variables now added) explained 80.3% of variance in children's spatial language quantity at 48 months (F(10, 96) = 44.11, p < .001) and 57.0% of variance in children's spatial language quality at 48 months (F(10, 96) = 15.04, p < .001)."

Farran 2025 (2)¶

Farran, E. K., Fink, E., Hughes, C., Gilligan-Lee, K. A., & The NewFAMS team. (2025). Limited sex differences in spatial language in parent-child dyads. Learning and Instruction, 95, 102006. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.learninstruc.2024.102006

q3 · i? · associational · r2

In the final cross-sectional models (Table 2), father spatial language quantity (β = 0.780, p < .001) and mother quality (β = .305, p < .001) predicted child quantity; mother quality (β = .574) and father quality (β = .262, p = .022) predicted child quality.

"for child spatial language quantity, mother spatial lan- guage quality and father spatial language quantity were significant predictors, whilst for child spatial language quality, both mother and father spatial language quality were predictors (see Table 2)."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

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• Boys and girls show comparable spatial language use at 24 and 48 months during structured DUPLO play — related
• Parents used more spatial language at 24 months than at 48 months, an effect attributable to differences in overall talkativeness — related
• Tentative longitudinal interaction: mother spatial language quantity at 24 months relates negatively to boys' but positively to girls' later spatial language quality — related
• Parents use a greater variety of spatial words (higher spatial language quality) with daughters than sons, regardless of SES or talkativeness — related
• Mothers and fathers show no difference in spatial language use with their children, and children produce similar spatial language with each parent — related