TY - JOUR
T1 - Language, play, and attention at one year
AU - Tamis-LeMonda, Catherine S.
AU - Bornstein, Marc H.
N1 - Funding Information:
The first outhor wos supported by o New York University Fellowship, o Helbein Scholarship, ond on IRTA Fellowship from the Notional Institute of Child Health and Humon Development. The second author wos supported by research grants iHD20559 ond HD208071 ond by o Research Career Development Aword fHD00521) from the Notionol Institute of Child Heolth and Human Development. We thank K. Dine, G. Fitzmourice, J. Hompson, and K. Nelson. Correspondence and requests for reprints should be sent to Catherine -,---New York _---Universit,~n.~4t,st,dies Program, LW,ashington Place, New York, or -in, arc . Child-omt y Research, Natidnaf~sti%e -of-thild-Development, 31 -Room 82815, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda,
PY - 1990
Y1 - 1990
N2 - Relations among language production, language comprehension, play competence, and attention span were examined in 43 13-month-old toddlers. Flexible language production and flexible language comprehension covaried, and play competence covaried with flexible language comprehension and with attention span. In contrast, neither language production nor language comprehension related positively to attention span. Relations between production and comprehension, between comprehension and play, and between play and attention were maintained even when concurrent level of maternal stimulation was partialled, suggesting that these associations are not solely mediated by mothers' didactics. Structural equation modeling showed that the common variance underlying language comprehension and play competence differed from variance underlying play competence and attention span. This suggests that a play-language factor and a play-attention factor reflect different underlying mental capacities in the young child, and that play can be partitioned into at least two independent components.
AB - Relations among language production, language comprehension, play competence, and attention span were examined in 43 13-month-old toddlers. Flexible language production and flexible language comprehension covaried, and play competence covaried with flexible language comprehension and with attention span. In contrast, neither language production nor language comprehension related positively to attention span. Relations between production and comprehension, between comprehension and play, and between play and attention were maintained even when concurrent level of maternal stimulation was partialled, suggesting that these associations are not solely mediated by mothers' didactics. Structural equation modeling showed that the common variance underlying language comprehension and play competence differed from variance underlying play competence and attention span. This suggests that a play-language factor and a play-attention factor reflect different underlying mental capacities in the young child, and that play can be partitioned into at least two independent components.
KW - attention span
KW - language comprehension
KW - language production
KW - maternal stimulation
KW - play
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U2 - 10.1016/0163-6383(90)90007-U
DO - 10.1016/0163-6383(90)90007-U
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0024998939
SN - 0163-6383
VL - 13
SP - 85
EP - 98
JO - Infant Behavior and Development
JF - Infant Behavior and Development
IS - 1
ER -