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Area of Science:

  • Developmental Psychology
  • Linguistics
  • Child Communication

Background:

  • Infant communication development involves changes in both frequency and complexity.
  • Existing measures primarily focus on the frequency of communication acts.
  • A need exists for tools to assess the complexity of prelinguistic communication.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To introduce and validate the Communication Complexity Scale (CCS) for measuring prelinguistic communication complexity in infants.
  • To examine age-related differences in communication complexity and frequency in typically developing infants.
  • To explore the relationship between communication complexity, frequency, and parent-reported communication skills.

Main Methods:

  • A cross-sectional study of 204 typically developing infants aged 6, 8, 10, and 12 months.
  • Semi-structured play interactions were video-recorded and coded using the CCS for communication complexity (0-12).
  • Communication acts were also coded for frequency, and parent-report questionnaires were administered.

Main Results:

  • Multivariate models revealed significant age-related differences in prelinguistic communication complexity.
  • Both complexity and frequency measures showed moderate to strong correlations with age.
  • Age-related differences were observed for both joint attention and behavior regulation functions.
  • Complexity and frequency measures were significantly associated with parent-report communication questionnaires.

Conclusions:

  • The Communication Complexity Scale (CCS) is a valuable tool for assessing infant preverbal communication skills.
  • CCS effectively indexes developmental changes in prelinguistic and early linguistic communication.
  • Evaluating communication complexity provides a more comprehensive understanding of infant communication development than frequency alone.