Maternal Responsivity Predicts Language Development in Young Children with Fragile X Syndrome

Overview

Journal Am J Intellect Dev Disabil

Specialty Psychiatry

Date 2009 Dec 23

PMID 20025359

Citations 80

Authors

Steven F Warren

Nancy Brady

Audra Sterling

Kandace Fleming

Janet Marquis

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Abstract

The relationship between early maternal responsivity and later child communication outcomes in young children with fragile X syndrome was investigated. Data were obtained from 55 mother-child dyads over a 36-month period. Performance data were obtained at each measurement point from video observations of four different contexts. These were coded for (a) child communication behaviors, (b) parent responsivity, and (c) behavior management behaviors. Results indicate that early maternal responsivity predicts the level of four important child language outcomes at 36 months of age after controlling for child developmental level and autism symptomology.

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