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Disentangling Genetic and Environmental Influences on Early Language Development: The Interplay of Genetic Propensity for Negative Emotionality and Surgency, and Parenting Behavior Effects on Early Language Skills in an Adoption Study
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Rachael W. Cheung; Chloe Austerberry; Pasco Fearon; Marianna E. Hayiou-Thomas; Leslie D. Leve; Daniel S. Shaw; Jody M. Ganiban; Misaki N. Natsuaki; Jenae M. Neiderhieser; David Reiss – Child Development, 2024
Parenting and children's temperament are important influences on language development. However, temperament may reflect prior parenting, and parenting effects may reflect genes common to parents and children. In 561 U.S. adoptees (57% male) and their birth and rearing parents (70% and 92% White, 13% and 4% African American, and 7% and 2% Latinx,…
Descriptors: Genetics, Nature Nurture Controversy, Child Development, Language Acquisition
Antecedents to and Outcomes Associated with Teacher-Child Relationship Perceptions in Early Childhood: Further Evidence for Child-Driven Effects
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Elif Dede Yildirim; Cynthia A. Frosch; António J. Santos; Manuela Veríssimo; Kristen Bub; Brian E. Vaughn – Child Development, 2024
Preschool teachers' perceptions about relationships with students (teacher-child relationships [TCRs]) predict children's subsequent social competence (SC) and academic progress. Why this is so remains unclear. Do TCRs shape children's development, or do child attributes influence both TCRs and subsequent development? Relations between TCRs and…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Teacher Student Relationship, Child Development, Preschool Teachers
Expression of Affect and the Emergence of Language.
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Bloom, Lois; Capatides, Joanne Bitetti – Child Development, 1987
Results indicated that the more frequently the children studied expressed emotion, the older the age of language achievements; and the more time spent in neutral affect, the younger the age of language achievements. (PCB)
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Age Differences, Individual Development, Infant Behavior
Some Cognitive and Affective Aspects of Early Language Development
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Eveloff, Herbert H. – Child Development, 1971
Normal and abnormal language development depends to a great degree on the nature of the infant-mother relationship. (Author)
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Child Language, Cognitive Processes, Communication (Thought Transfer)