The authors interpret higher spatial language quality with daughters as possibly reflecting a perceived need to provide conceptual support¶
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q1 i? The authors propose that daughters' higher spatial language quality may reflect parents perceiving daughters as needing more conceptual support. → Farran 2025
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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
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Authors' interpretation offered in the abstract and discussion, not a tested result; it is consistent with their citation of Mascaro et al. (2017) on fathers' analytical language and with prior correlations of parental support with girls' performance. No direct evidence for the mechanism is presented in this study.
"Higher spatial language quality with daughters could reflect a higher (perceived) need to provide conceptual support to daughters than sons."
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Related Claims¶
- Parents use a greater variety of spatial words (higher spatial language quality) with daughters than sons, regardless of SES or talkativeness — related
- Boys and girls show comparable spatial language use at 24 and 48 months during structured DUPLO play — related
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The authors interpret higher spatial language quality with daughters as possibly reflecting a perceived need to provide conceptual support |
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The authors interpret higher spatial language quality with daughters as possibly reflecting a perceived need to provide conceptual support |
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