Campisi, Lisa (2005) Precursors of language ability and academic performance in childhood : a longitudinal study of at-risk French speaking children. Masters thesis, Concordia University.
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Abstract
The current investigation examined whether intergenerational transfer of risk could be revealed through mothers' and preschool-aged children's language complexity, and whether continuity of risk persisted in these children's academic abilities, three years later. Participating families were drawn from the Concordia Longitudinal Risk Project, a prospective, longitudinal investigation of French-speaking families from low SES Montreal neighborhoods. At Time 1 (N=159), mothers' history of childhood social withdrawal was shown to predict language complexity when engaging in conversational speech with their preschool-aged children. Mothers' language complexity was also shown to be predictive of preschoolers' language complexity. At Time 2 (N=131), children's report card grades in Language Arts and Mathematics were both predicted by their language complexity at preschool-age. The findings support an intergenerational continuity of risk operating through language complexity and extending beyond language-related school abilities.
| Divisions: | Concordia University > Faculty of Arts and Science > Psychology |
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| Item Type: | Thesis (Masters) |
| Authors: | Campisi, Lisa |
| Pagination: | vii, 63 leaves : ill. ; 29 cm. |
| Institution: | Concordia University |
| Degree Name: | M.A. |
| Program: | Psychology |
| Date: | 2005 |
| Thesis Supervisor(s): | Serbin, Lisa |
| ID Code: | 8576 |
| Deposited By: | Concordia University Libraries |
| Deposited On: | 18 Aug 2011 14:29 |
| Last Modified: | 18 Aug 2011 15:22 |
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