The influence of temperament and perinatal factors on language development: a longitudinal study
Early language development is characterized by large individual variation. Several factors were proposed to contribute to individual pathways of language acquisition in infancy and childhood. One of the biologically based explaining factors is temperament, however, the exact contributions and the ti...
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| author | Andrea Balázs Andrea Balázs Andrea Balázs Krisztina Lakatos Veronika Harmati-Pap Ildikó Tóth Bence Kas Bence Kas |
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| description | Early language development is characterized by large individual variation. Several factors were proposed to contribute to individual pathways of language acquisition in infancy and childhood. One of the biologically based explaining factors is temperament, however, the exact contributions and the timing of the effects merits further research. Pre-term status, infant sex, and environmental factors such as maternal education and maternal language are also involved. Our study aimed to investigate the longitudinal relationship between infant temperament and early language development, also considering infant gender, gestational age, and birthweight. Early temperament was assessed at 6, 9, 18, 24, and 30 months with the Very Short Form of Infant Behavior Questionnaire (IBQ-R) and the Very Short Form of Early Childhood Behavior Questionnaire (ECBQ). Early nonverbal communication skills, receptive and expressive vocabulary were evaluated with the Hungarian version of The MacArthur Communicative Development Inventory (HCDI). Our study adds further evidence to the contribution of infant temperament to early language development. Temperament, infant gender, and gestational age were associated with language development in infancy. Infants and toddlers with higher Surgency might enter communicative situations more readily and show more engagement with adult social partners, which is favorable for communication development. Gestational age was previously identified as a predictor for language in preterm infants. Our results extend this association to the later and narrower gestational age time window of term deliveries. Infants born after longer gestation develop better expressive vocabulary in toddlerhood. Gestational age may mark prenatal developmental processes that may exert influence on the development of verbal communication at later ages. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-494f2c8b3e7f4cf7aa074932e32d2fd42025-01-10T12:59:20ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782024-07-011510.3389/fpsyg.2024.13753531375353The influence of temperament and perinatal factors on language development: a longitudinal studyAndrea Balázs0Andrea Balázs1Andrea Balázs2Krisztina Lakatos3Veronika Harmati-Pap4Ildikó Tóth5Bence Kas6Bence Kas7Institute for General and Hungarian Linguistics, HUN-REN Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics, Budapest, HungarySound and Speech Perception Research Group, Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience and Psychology, HUN-REN Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Budapest, HungaryDepartment of Cognitive Science, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Budapest, HungarySound and Speech Perception Research Group, Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience and Psychology, HUN-REN Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Budapest, HungaryInstitute for General and Hungarian Linguistics, HUN-REN Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics, Budapest, HungarySound and Speech Perception Research Group, Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience and Psychology, HUN-REN Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Budapest, HungaryInstitute for General and Hungarian Linguistics, HUN-REN Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics, Budapest, HungaryMTA-ELTE Language-Learning Disorders Research Group, Eötvös Loránd University, Bárczi Gusztáv Faculty of Special Needs Education, Budapest, HungaryEarly language development is characterized by large individual variation. Several factors were proposed to contribute to individual pathways of language acquisition in infancy and childhood. One of the biologically based explaining factors is temperament, however, the exact contributions and the timing of the effects merits further research. Pre-term status, infant sex, and environmental factors such as maternal education and maternal language are also involved. Our study aimed to investigate the longitudinal relationship between infant temperament and early language development, also considering infant gender, gestational age, and birthweight. Early temperament was assessed at 6, 9, 18, 24, and 30 months with the Very Short Form of Infant Behavior Questionnaire (IBQ-R) and the Very Short Form of Early Childhood Behavior Questionnaire (ECBQ). Early nonverbal communication skills, receptive and expressive vocabulary were evaluated with the Hungarian version of The MacArthur Communicative Development Inventory (HCDI). Our study adds further evidence to the contribution of infant temperament to early language development. Temperament, infant gender, and gestational age were associated with language development in infancy. Infants and toddlers with higher Surgency might enter communicative situations more readily and show more engagement with adult social partners, which is favorable for communication development. Gestational age was previously identified as a predictor for language in preterm infants. Our results extend this association to the later and narrower gestational age time window of term deliveries. Infants born after longer gestation develop better expressive vocabulary in toddlerhood. Gestational age may mark prenatal developmental processes that may exert influence on the development of verbal communication at later ages.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1375353/fulllanguage developmenttemperamentgestational agelongitudinal studysex differences |
| spellingShingle | Andrea Balázs Andrea Balázs Andrea Balázs Krisztina Lakatos Veronika Harmati-Pap Ildikó Tóth Bence Kas Bence Kas The influence of temperament and perinatal factors on language development: a longitudinal study Frontiers in Psychology language development temperament gestational age longitudinal study sex differences |
| title | The influence of temperament and perinatal factors on language development: a longitudinal study |
| title_full | The influence of temperament and perinatal factors on language development: a longitudinal study |
| title_fullStr | The influence of temperament and perinatal factors on language development: a longitudinal study |
| title_full_unstemmed | The influence of temperament and perinatal factors on language development: a longitudinal study |
| title_short | The influence of temperament and perinatal factors on language development: a longitudinal study |
| title_sort | influence of temperament and perinatal factors on language development a longitudinal study |
| topic | language development temperament gestational age longitudinal study sex differences |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1375353/full |
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