Psychosocial deprivation and receptive language ability: a two-sample study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The quality of early caregiving experiences is a known contributor to the quality of the language experiences young children receive. What is unknown is whether, and if so, how psychosocial deprivation early in life is associated with long-lasting receptive language outcomes.

Methods

Two prospective longitudinal studies examining early psychosocial deprivation/neglect in different contexts (i.e., deprivation due to institutional care or deprivation experienced by children residing within US families) and receptive language as assessed via the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test (PPVT) were used to assess the magnitude of these associations. First, 129 participants from the Bucharest Early Intervention Project, a randomized controlled trial of foster care as an alterna

SUBMITTER: Humphreys KL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7745465 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature