The Impact of Contextual, Maternal and Prenatal Factors on Receptive Language in a Chilean Longitudinal Birth Cohort

A secondary analysis was conducted on longitudinal data collected from ELPI, a representative Chilean survey to model Chilean infant’s receptive language using contextual, maternal and prenatal factors. The sample for the current study comprised children aged between 36 and 48 months (n = 3921). The...

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Published in:Child psychiatry and human development 2021-12, Vol.52 (6), p.1106-1117
Main Authors: Morales, María Francisca, Farkas, Chamarrita, Aristotelous, Eleanor, MacBeth, Angus
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Behavioral Science and Psychology
Child
Child & adolescent psychiatry
Child and School Psychology
Child, Preschool
Childbirth & labor
Children
Educational Status
Family
Female
Health status
Humans
Infant
Infants
Intelligence
Language
Language Development
Longitudinal Studies
Maternal characteristics
Medical education
Original
Original Article
Pregnancy
Prenatal care
Psychiatry
Psychology
Regression Analysis
Smoking
Teenage pregnancy
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Summary:A secondary analysis was conducted on longitudinal data collected from ELPI, a representative Chilean survey to model Chilean infant’s receptive language using contextual, maternal and prenatal factors. The sample for the current study comprised children aged between 36 and 48 months (n = 3921). The sample was re-assessed when children were aged 60–72 months (n = 3100). Linear regression analyses were conducted. At the first time point, all the predictors included were significant (living area, health system provision, maternal intelligence and education, adolescent pregnancy, maternal medical appointments during pregnancy, and presence of a significant other at childbirth), except for smoking during pregnancy. The model explained 13% of the variance. However, when timepoint one receptive language scores were included in the analyses for when children were aged 60–72 months, only two variables remained as significant predictors: previous receptive language scores and maternal education, explaining 21% of the variance. Findings and implications are discussed.
ISSN:0009-398X
1573-3327
DOI:10.1007/s10578-020-01091-5