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Relationship between parenting behaviours and specific language impairment in children
Author(s) -
Scheffner Hammer Carol,
Bruce Tomblin J.,
Zhang Xuyang,
Weiss Amy L.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
international journal of language and communication disorders
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.101
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1460-6984
pISSN - 1368-2822
DOI - 10.1080/13682820117702
Subject(s) - psychology , developmental psychology , specific language impairment , association (psychology) , alphabet , typically developing , linguistics , philosophy , autism , psychotherapist
This study investigated the relationship between parenting behaviours and specific language impairment (SLI) in children. Using a case‐control design, data on 177 kindergarten children with SLI and 925 kindergarten children who were typically developing were collected using a parental questionnaire. Parents were interviewed about parenting practices classified into the following categories: conversing with children, teaching behaviours, the child's daily routine and discipline. The results revealed that parents of children who were normally developing had engaged their children in particular conversational activities more frequently than had parents with children with SLI. Parents of children diagnosed with SLI tended to teach their children school readiness skills (the alphabet and colours) and discipline their children more frequently. These relationships continued to hold after controlling for maternal education and family economic need with the exception of teaching children colour names. The results suggested that additional investigations that examine the association between these parental behaviours and children's language status through direct observation are warranted.