Early child language mediates the relationship between home environment and school readiness

Description:

An investigation of the mediatory effects of early language development on the correlation between children?s home environment and school readiness, based on a sample of 693 sets of twins assessed from 5- to 63-months old in the greater Montreal region of Canada

Resource Type:

Reports & Papers

Author(s):

Forget-Dubois Nadine; Dionne Ginette; Lemelin Jean-Pascal; Perusse Daniel; Tremblay Richard E.; Boivin Michel

Funder(s):

Canada. Health Canada. National Health Research and Development Programme; Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada; Canadian Institutes of Health Research; Fonds de la recherche en sante du Quebec; Fonds de recherche du Quebec - Societe et culture

Country:

Canada

Date Issued:

May/June 2009

Journal Title:

Child Development

Volume Number:

Issue Number:

Page Range:

736-749

Note:

This resource is based on data from the Quebec Newborn Twin Study (QNTS)

Topics:

13. International Child Care & Early Education > 13.1. Single-Country Studies

1. Children & Child Development > 1.2. Child Development & School Readiness > 1.2.5. Cognitive Development

1. Children & Child Development > 1.2. Child Development & School Readiness

ISSN:

0009-3920

Paper

1467-8624

Online

Peer Reviewed:

Yes

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