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SUBMITTER: Laing CE
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6450089 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan-Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Laing Catherine E CE Bergelson Elika E
Infancy : the official journal of the International Society on Infant Studies 20180928 1
Literature examining the effects of mothers' work status on infant language development is mixed, with little focus on varying work-schedules and early vocabulary. We use naturalistic data to analyze the productive vocabulary of 44 17-month-olds in relation to mothers' work status (Full-time, Part-time, Stay-at-home) at 6 and 18 months. Infants who experienced a combination of care from mothers and other caretakers had larger productive vocabularies than infants in solely full-time maternal or s ...[more]