Journal article
Caregiver-infant interaction antecedents of children's school-age cognitive ability
Merrill-Palmer quarterly (1960), Vol.38(3), pp.309-330
1992
Abstract
The association between qualities of early caregiving and children's cognitive competence at school-age was examined longitudinally. Caregiver-child interactions were measured when children were ages 6, 13, and 24 months and again at age 6 years, and related to assessments of cognitive competence at ages 6 and 8 (n = 79–85). Children's temperament and developmental status also were assessed during the first 2 years, and examined as potential mediational links in relations between early caregiving and later competence. Two major dimensions of maternal behavior, nonrestrictiveness and verbal stimulation, were significant predictors of children's later cognitive competence. These relations were not artifacts of variations in family SES, children's early temperament, or developmental status. The findings provide further evidence of long-term continuity in children's mental abilities, and in patterns of mother-child interactions associated with variations in children's cognitive competence.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Caregiver-infant interaction antecedents of children's school-age cognitive ability
- Creators
- Sheryl L Olson - Univ. Michigan, dep. psychology, Ann Arbor MI 48109, United StatesJohn E Bates - Univ. Michigan, dep. psychology, Ann Arbor MI 48109, United StatesBrian Kaskie - Univ. Michigan, dep. psychology, Ann Arbor MI 48109, United States
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Merrill-Palmer quarterly (1960), Vol.38(3), pp.309-330
- Publisher
- Wayne State University Press
- ISSN
- 0272-930X
- eISSN
- 1535-0266
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 1992
- Academic Unit
- Health Management and Policy
- Record Identifier
- 9984214824402771
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