Analyzing the effect of sibling number on input and output in the first 18 months

Catherine Laing; Elika Bergelson

doi:10.1111/infa.12578

journal article Open Access Jan 06, 2024

Analyzing the effect of sibling number on input and output in the first 18 months

Catherine Laing

Elika Bergelson

Infancy Vol. 29 No. 2 pp. 175-195 · Wiley

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Abstract

AbstractPrior research suggests that across a wide range of cognitive, educational, and health‐based measures, first‐born children outperform their later‐born peers. Expanding on this literature using naturalistic home‐recorded data and parental vocabulary reports, we find that early language outcomes vary by number of siblings in a sample of 43 English‐learning U.S. children from mid‐to‐high socioeconomic status homes. More specifically, we find that children in our sample with two or more—but not one—older siblings had smaller productive vocabularies at 18 months, and heard less input from caregivers across several measures than their peers with less than two siblings. We discuss implications regarding what infants experience and learn across a range of family sizes in infancy.

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Published: Jan 06, 2024
Vol/Issue: 29(2)
Pages: 175-195
License: View

Authors

C

Catherine Laing

University of York York UK

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Elika Bergelson

Harvard University Cambridge Massachusetts USA

Funding

National Institutes of Health Award: DP5‐OD019812

Cite This Article

Catherine Laing, Elika Bergelson (2024). Analyzing the effect of sibling number on input and output in the first 18 months. Infancy, 29(2), 175-195. https://doi.org/10.1111/infa.12578

Analyzing the effect of sibling number on input and output in the first 18 months

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