Parent narrative utterances at 42 months predict child PPVT at 54 months with quantity, SES, and prior vocabulary controlled¶
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q2 i? Parent narrative utterances at 42 months significantly predict PPVT scores at 54 months after controlling for parent education, prior PPVT, and word tokens. → Rowe Meredith L 2012
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Rowe Meredith L 2012¶
Rowe Meredith L. (2012). A longitudinal investigation of the role of quantity and quality of child-directed speech in vocabulary development. Child development. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3440540/
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Multiple regression analysis (Model 9) predicting PPVT at 54 months in a sample of 50 dyads, of whom 48 children completed the 54-month PPVT. The association is correlational and cannot show cause. "parent uses of decontextualized language at 42-months, particularly use of narrative utterances (p < 0.05)" predicted child vocabulary with all controls in the model.
"Model 9 shows that parent uses of decontextualized language at 42-months, particularly use of narrative utterances (p < 0.05) and explanations (p < 0.10) are positive predictors of child vocabulary, controlling for quantity of parent talk, parent education and children’s PPVT scores one year earlier."
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Related Claims¶
- Parent explanations at 42 months are marginally related to child PPVT at 54 months with controls — related
- Maternal talk quantity at 18 months predicts Spanish-learning children's vocabulary size and vocabulary gains at 24 months, controlling for earlier vocabulary — related
- Parent education relates to input quantity and quality but not to narrative utterances — related
- Parental language input differs in quantity and quality across SES groups and relates to children's vocabulary, grammar, and processing development — a broader claim this one bears on
- Parent number talk is not related to children's general vocabulary development once SES and overall talk are controlled, indicating domain specificity — related
- Proportions of rare words and decontextualized utterances in parent input increase linearly from 18 to 42 months — related
- Groups with the augmented toy used more balanced narrative roles, with more narrator and fewer metanarrator utterances — related
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Parent narrative utterances at 42 months predict child PPVT at 54 months with quantity, SES, and prior vocabulary controlled |
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Parent narrative utterances at 42 months predict child PPVT at 54 months with quantity, SES, and prior vocabulary controlled |
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2012 |
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2026-10-20 |
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