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Access Type
WSU Access
Date of Award
January 2011
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
M.A.
Department
Psychology
First Advisor
Ann M. Stacks
Abstract
This study examined the relation between parenting and shared reading quality. Participants included 28 infants (M = 24.66 mos, SD = 8.41mos) and their parents. Measures included observations of parenting and shared reading quality, assessments of child cognitive and language development, and home reading practices. Higher quality parenting was found to be significantly, positively correlated with higher quality shared reading interactions. Of the specific domains of parenting behaviors assessed, teaching behaviors demonstrated the strongest relationship with shared reading quality. Parental self-reports of reading frequency was not correlated with observed shared-reading quality. Shared-reading quality was predictive of children's receptive language outcomes; the addition of shared-reading frequency did not improve prediction. The potential importance of specific parenting practices and high quality parent-child shared reading interactions in facilitating children's language development is discussed.
Recommended Citation
Dexter, Casey, "Parenting antecedents of parent-child shared-reading quality in a low-income sample: a pilot study" (2011). Wayne State University Theses. 133.
https://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/oa_theses/133