Early receptive and productive language skills in preterm and full-term 8-month-old infants

Early receptive and productive language skills were examined for preterm low birthweight infants and full-term normal birthweight infants from middle-class homes. Nineteen preterm infants and 19 full-term infants were observed in a laboratory setting at the gestationally corrected age of 8 months. T...

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Published in:Journal of psycholinguistic research 1988-03, Vol.17 (2), p.169-183
Main Authors: STEVENSON, M. B, ROACH, M. A, LEAVITT, L. A, MILLER, J. F, CHAPMAN, R. S
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biological and medical sciences
Child development
Child Language
Cognition
Developmental psychology
Female
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Humans
Infant
Infant, Low Birth Weight - psychology
Infant, Newborn
Infant, Premature - psychology
Interpersonal Relations
Language Development
Male
Maternal Behavior
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Speech
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Summary:Early receptive and productive language skills were examined for preterm low birthweight infants and full-term normal birthweight infants from middle-class homes. Nineteen preterm infants and 19 full-term infants were observed in a laboratory setting at the gestationally corrected age of 8 months. To avoid the frequent confound between prematurity and low socioeconomic status, mothers of the two groups of infants were matched on educational levels. Regression analyses were used to assess the relative influence of infant cognitive skills, infant sociability, infant birth status, and the mothers' language input as possible predictors of infant receptive language and vocal behavior. Receptive language skills were associated with higher cognitive performance, greater sociability, and preterm birth. Productive language skills were associated with higher cognitive performance. On the basis of this research, the prognosis for language development in preterm infants raised in middle-class homes appears to be excellent.
ISSN:0090-6905
1573-6555
DOI:10.1007/BF01067070