Predictors of early precocious talking: a prospective population study
Jemma Skeat1, Melissa Wake, Sheena Reilly
1Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Speech Pathology Department, Royal Children's Hospital, Parkville, Australia.
Abstract:
This study examines potential predictors of 'precocious talking' (expressive language ≥90th percentile) at one and two years of age, and of 'stability' in precocious talking across both time periods, drawing on data from a prospective community cohort comprising over 1,800 children. Logistic regression was used to examine the relationship between precocious talking and the following potential predictors: gender, birth order, birth weight, non-English speaking background, socioeconomic status, maternal age, maternal mental health scores, and vocabulary and educational attainment of parents. The strongest predictors of precocity (being female and having a younger mother) warrant further exploration. Overall, however, it appears that precocity in early vocabulary development is not strongly influenced by the variables examined, which together explained just 2.6% and 1% of the variation at 1;0 and 2;0 respectively.
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