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CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Volume 89, Issue 5, Pages 1674-1690Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/cdev.12818
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- National Institutes of Health [R01 HD069150]
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This study examined associations between caregiver talk and language skills in full term (FT) and preterm (PT) children (n=97). All-day recordings of caregiver-child interactions revealed striking similarities in amount of caregiver talk heard by FT and PT children. Children who heard more caregiver talk at 16months demonstrated better knowledge- and processing-based language skills at 18months. The unique contributions of caregiver talk were tempered by medical risk in PT children, especially for processing speed. However, there was no evidence that birth status or medical risk moderated the effects of caregiver talk. These findings highlight the role of caregiver talk in shaping language outcomes in FT and PT children and offer insights into links between neurodevelopmental risk and caregiver-child engagement.
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