ERIC Number: EJ1051097
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2014-Apr
Pages: 13
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"It Takes a Village" to Support the Vocabulary Development of Children with Multiple Risk Factors
Baydar, Nazli; Küntay, Aylin C.; Yagmurlu, Bilge; Aydemir, Nuran; Cankaya, Dilek; Göksen, Fatos; Cemalcilar, Zeynep
Developmental Psychology, v50 n4 p1014-1025 Apr 2014
Data from a nationally representative sample from Turkey (N = 1,017) were used to investigate the environmental factors that support the receptive vocabulary of 3-year-old children who differ in their developmental risk due to family low economic status and elevated maternal depressive symptoms. Children's vocabulary knowledge was strongly associated with language stimulation and learning materials in all families regardless of risk status. Maternal warmth and responsiveness supported vocabulary competence in families of low economic status only when maternal depressive symptoms were low. In families with the highest levels of risk, that is, with depression and economic distress jointly present, support by the extended family and neighbors for caring for the child protected children's vocabulary development against these adverse conditions. The empirical evidence on the positive contribution of extrafamilial support to young children's receptive vocabulary under adverse conditions allows an expansion of our current theorizing about influences on language development.
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Mothers, Affective Behavior, Language Acquisition, Child Development, Low Income, Foreign Countries, At Risk Persons, Depression (Psychology), Receptive Language, Family Environment, Parent Child Relationship, Socioeconomic Status, Social Support Groups, Language Tests, Young Children, Goodness of Fit, Likert Scales
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Turkey
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Home Observation for Measurement of Environment; Brief Symptom Inventory
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