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MARRIAGE AND FAMILY REVIEW
Volume 56, Issue 2, Pages 144-173Publisher
ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/01494929.2019.1683119
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Developmental outcomes; early childhood; fathers; literacy; shared book reading
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A comprehensive critical review of the shared reading literature indicates that shared reading has the potential to yield positive developmental outcomes for children cognitively, socially, and emotionally. However, closer consideration of the literature further demonstrates that the extent and nature of parental sex differences is largely undocumented, though significant theoretical underpinnings suggest that mothers and fathers are likely to differ in quality of reading and linguistic exchanges with their sons and daughters. We review available literature on father's shared reading to describe common father behaviors, frequency of fathers' shared reading, factors predictive of fathers' shared reading with children, and developmental outcomes for children. Implications for further research are elaborated.
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