The effects of maternal stress on responsivity and children's language acquisition /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Hass, Sally Duffin
Other Authors:	Hughes, Jan (degree committee member.), Parks, Carlton (degree committee member.), Woods, Donald (degree committee member.)
Format:	Thesis Book
Language:	English
Published:	1990.
Subjects:	Language acquisition. Mother and child. Stress (Psychology) Major psychology. Academic theses
Online Access:	ProQuest, Abstract Link to OAKTrust copy

Description
Abstract:	This study investigated the relationship between parental stress, parental responsiveness, and children's language acquisition. Two models of these relationships were tested. In the first model it was proposed that stress would affect children's language acquisition indirectly through its influence on maternal responsivity. In the second model it was proposed that stress would affect children's language acquisition directly and independently of maternal responsivity. The results do not provide strong support for either model. There was, however, suggestive evidence in favor of the first model. Stress appears to have distinguished between mothers in their responsiveness to their children, but it does not appear to have directly affected the children's acquisition of language. Moreover, the linkage between maternal responsivity and child language acquisition was generally not evident. Only in one instance did one of the maternal responsiveness factors (MOM EXPAND) provide a marginally significant prediction of one measure of children's language acquisition (PPVT-R).
Item Description:	Typescript (photocopy). Vita. "Major subject: Psychology."
Physical Description:	x, 130 leaves ; 29 cm
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references.