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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
The influence of mothers' and fathers' sensitivity in the first year of life on children's cognitive outcomes at 18 and 36months
Child: Care, Health and Development, Volume 42, No. 1, Year 2016
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Background: There has been increasing interest in the relative effects of mothers' and fathers' interactions with their infants on later development. However to date there has been little work on children's cognitive outcomes. Methods: We examined the relative influence of fathers' and mothers' sensitivity during interactions with their children at the end of the child's first year (10-12months, n=97), on child general cognitive development at 18months and language at 36months. Results: Both parents' sensitivity was associated with cognitive and language outcomes in univariate analyses. Mothers' sensitivity, however, appeared to be associated with family socio-demographic factors to a greater extent that fathers' sensitivity. Using path modelling the effect of paternal sensitivity on general cognitive development at 18months and language at 36months was significantly greater than the effect of maternal sensitivity, when controlling for socio-demographic background. In relation to language at 36months, there was some evidence that sensitivity of one parent buffered the effect of lower sensitivity of the other parent. Conclusions: These findings suggest that parental sensitivity can play an important role in children's cognitive and language development, and that higher sensitivity of one parent can compensate for the lower sensitivity of the other parent. Replication of these findings, however, is required in larger samples. © 2016 John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
Authors & Co-Authors
Malmberg, Lars Erik
United Kingdom, Oxford
University of Oxford
Murray, Elizabeth
United Kingdom, Oxford
University of Oxford
Sylva, Kathy
United Kingdom, Oxford
University of Oxford
Stein, Alan L.
United Kingdom, Oxford
University of Oxford
Statistics
Citations: 47
Authors: 4
Affiliations: 3
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1111/cch.12294
ISSN:
03051862
Research Areas
Maternal And Child Health