The presence of a primary male caregiver affects children's language skills
This study aimed to determine whether the presence or absence of a primary male caregiver influences a child's language skills. A language test was administered to 342 Afrikaans-speaking 4- to 9-year-olds from various socioeconomic backgrounds. The average percentile ranks for the composite lan...
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| description | This study aimed to determine whether the presence or absence of a primary male caregiver influences a child's language skills. A language test was administered to 342 Afrikaans-speaking 4- to 9-year-olds from various socioeconomic backgrounds. The average percentile ranks for the composite language score as well as for the separate language domains of those participants with primary male caregivers was compared to the percentile ranks of those participants without such caregivers. The group with primary male caregivers fared significantly better, implying that the presence of a primary male caregiver has an influence, direct or indirect, on children's language skills. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-3ef14b47c42e4cb7b757db5152e74c752022-12-21T20:31:26ZafrStellenbosch UniversityStellenbosch Papers in Linguistics1027-34172223-99362010-12-01390758410.5774/39-0-5The presence of a primary male caregiver affects children's language skillsSouthwood, Frenette0Stellenbosch University, South AfricaThis study aimed to determine whether the presence or absence of a primary male caregiver influences a child's language skills. A language test was administered to 342 Afrikaans-speaking 4- to 9-year-olds from various socioeconomic backgrounds. The average percentile ranks for the composite language score as well as for the separate language domains of those participants with primary male caregivers was compared to the percentile ranks of those participants without such caregivers. The group with primary male caregivers fared significantly better, implying that the presence of a primary male caregiver has an influence, direct or indirect, on children's language skills.https://spil.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/5primary male caregiversafrikaanschild language skills |
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