Abstract
Literature examining the effects of mothers' work status on infant language development is mixed, with little focus on varying work-schedules and early vocabulary. We use naturalistic data to analyze the productive vocabulary of 44 17-month-olds in relation to mothers' work status (Full-time, Part-time, Stay-at-home) at 6 and 18 months. Infants who experienced a combination of care from mothers and other caretakers had larger productive vocabularies than infants in solely full-time maternal or solely other-caretaker care. Our results draw from naturalistic data to suggest that this care combination may be particularly beneficial for early lexical development.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 101-109 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Journal | Infancy |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| Early online date | 28 Sept 2018 |
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| Publication status | Published - 28 Dec 2018 |