-
Children's intellectual ability, family environment, and preschool as predictors of language competence for 5-year-old childrenMarjanovič Umek, Ljubica ...This study ascertains the extent to which children's intellectual ability and factors in the family environment (paternal and maternal education, and quality of the family environment) and in ... preschool (the age at which children start preschool and preschool quality) are linked to children's language competence (language comprehension, language expression, and metalinguistic awareness). The sample comprised 115 five-year-old children that were attending a Slovenian preschool. The adopted path model of relationship between variables was checked using structural equation modeling (SEM). This model - which includes children's intellectual ability, preschool quality, children's ages when they started preschool, quality of family environment, and maternal education as exogenous variables, as well as parents' and children's reading together and an estimate of the three areas of verbal development as endogenous variables - has good fit. It makes it possible to explain the 16% of variability in the results obtained on the Language Comprehension Scale, the 7% of variability in the results obtained on the Language Expression Scale, and the 9% of variability in the results obtained on the Metalinguistic Awareness Scale. The results also indicate that the best predictors of children's language development are the development of their intellectual ability and parents' and children's reading together. Maternal education is indirectly linked to children's language competence, specifically through reading together, whereas paternal education is seen to be the least important predictor. Consequently, we also excluded this variable from the final model.Source: Studia psychologica. - ISSN 0039-3320 (Vol. 50, 1, 2008, str. 31-48)Type of material - article, component part ; adult, seriousPublish date - 2008Language - englishCOBISS.SI-ID - 36635490
Author
Marjanovič Umek, Ljubica |
Sočan, Gregor |
Grgić, Katja, 1980- |
Fekonja, Urška
Topics
govorni razvoj |
jezikovni razvoj |
pismenost |
Slovenija |
raziskovanje |
razvoj otroka |
vrtci |
vstop v vrtec |
družinsko okolje |
razvojna psihologija |
speech development |
language development |
literacy |
Slovenia |
research |
childhood development |
kindergartens |
kindergarten entry |
family environment |
developmental psychology
![loading ... loading ...](themes/default/img/ajax-loading.gif)
Shelf entry
Permalink
- URL:
Impact factor
Access to the JCR database is permitted only to users from Slovenia. Your current IP address is not on the list of IP addresses with access permission, and authentication with the relevant AAI accout is required.
Year | Impact factor | Edition | Category | Classification | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
JCR | SNIP | JCR | SNIP | JCR | SNIP | JCR | SNIP |
Select the library membership card:
DRS, in which the journal is indexed
Database name | Field | Year |
---|
Links to authors' personal bibliographies | Links to information on researchers in the SICRIS system |
---|---|
Marjanovič Umek, Ljubica | 07606 |
Sočan, Gregor | 17836 |
Grgić, Katja, 1980- | 25572 |
Fekonja, Urška | 20922 |
Select pickup location:
Material pickup by post
Notification
Subject headings in COBISS General List of Subject Headings
Select pickup location
Pickup location | Material status | Reservation |
---|
Please wait a moment.