Early Communicative Gestures Prospectively Predict Language Development and Executive Function in Early Childhood

Autor/inn/en	Kuhn, Laura J.; Willoughby, Michael T.; Wilbourn, Makeba Parramore; Vernon-Feagans, Lynne; Blair, Clancy B.
Titel	Early Communicative Gestures Prospectively Predict Language Development and Executive Function in Early Childhood
Quelle	In: Child Development, 85 (2014) 5, S.1898-1914 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0009-3920
DOI	10.1111/cdev.12249
Schlagwörter	Epidemiology; Nonverbal Communication; Longitudinal Studies; Toddlers; Young Children; Executive Function; Age Differences; Language Usage; Correlation; Language Acquisition; Low Income Groups; Socioeconomic Influences; Predictor Variables + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Epidemiologie; Non-verbal communication; Nonverbale Kommunikation; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Infant; Infants; Toddler; Kleinkind; Frühe Kindheit; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Sprachgebrauch; Korrelation; Sprachaneignung; Spracherwerb; Sozioökonomischer Faktor; Prädiktor
Abstract	Using an epidemiological sample (N = 1,117) and a prospective longitudinal design, this study tested the direct and indirect effects of preverbal and verbal communication (15 months to 3 years) on executive function (EF) at age 4 years. Results indicated that whereas gestures (15 months), as well as language (2 and 3 years), were correlated with later EF (fs = 0.44), the effect was entirely mediated through later language. In contrast, language had significant direct and indirect effects on later EF. Exploratory analyses indicated that the pattern of results was comparable for low- and not-low-income families. The results were consistent with theoretical accounts of language as a precursor of EF ability, and highlighted gesture as an early indicator of EF. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10