Poster #24 - Variation in Receptive Language Developmental Trajectories: The Role of Maternal Immigration Status and Parental Support

• In Event: 35.081 - MTCC Poster Session Eight
  In Poster Session: 35.081-2 - Early Childhood Poster Session 2

Abstract

The present study examines variation in developmental trajectories of receptive language development that is predicted by the immigration histories of parents. We also test whether parental support moderates the relationship between maternal histories of immigration and receptive language development. Findings suggest that being the child of an immigrant mother was associated with lower receptive language skills in the fall of the prekindergarten year but also with more rapid linear growth over time. We also found that parental support moderates the association between maternal immigration status and initial levels of receptive language scores. The study suggests that parental support in home may help close early achievement gaps between children of immigrant and those of non-immigrant.

Authors

• Yujin Lee, University of Massachusetts - Boston

• kyungmin kim, University of Massachusetts - Boston

• Monica Yudron, Harvard University