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  • Child development
  • Speech and language pathology
  • Developmental psychology

Background:

  • Early life factors and maternal characteristics can influence child language development.
  • Assessing language abilities at various developmental stages is crucial for identifying potential difficulties.
  • Understanding predictors of language outcomes aids in early intervention strategies.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate 7-year-old children's language abilities.
  • To determine the predictive value of early life factors and earlier language scores on later language outcomes.
  • To investigate co-occurring difficulties associated with low language skills.

Main Methods:

  • A longitudinal cohort study involving 1910 infants.
  • Data collection included early life factors, maternal factors, and child language scores at ages 2 and 4.
  • Standardized language scores and co-occurring difficulties were assessed at age 7.

Main Results:

  • Nearly 19% of children exhibited low language skills at age 7.
  • Early life factors accounted for 9-13% of language score variation, increasing to 39-58% with the inclusion of 2- and 4-year language scores.
  • Low language at age 7 was associated with concurrent literacy, social-emotional, behavioral difficulties, and impaired psychosocial functioning.

Conclusions:

  • Child language ability at 4 years was a more accurate predictor of 7-year language outcomes than early environmental factors.
  • Low language at age 7 is linked to a higher incidence of associated developmental and behavioral challenges.