Maternal Underestimations and Overestimations of Their Infants' Word Comprehension: Effects on Mothers' Verbal Input and Infants' Receptive Vocabulary

dc.authorscopusid 58558529400
dc.authorscopusid 6506887626
dc.authorscopusid 56033129600
dc.authorwosid Ertaş, Sura/JDD-5923-2023
dc.contributor.author Ertas, Sura
dc.contributor.author Kuntay, Aylin C.
dc.contributor.author Aktan-Erciyes, Asli
dc.date.accessioned 2025-01-15T21:37:51Z
dc.date.available 2025-01-15T21:37:51Z
dc.date.issued 2024
dc.department Kadir Has University en_US
dc.department-temp [Ertas, Sura; Kuntay, Aylin C.] Koc Univ, Dept Psychol, Istanbul, Turkiye; [Aktan-Erciyes, Asli] Kadir Has Univ, Dept Psychol, Istanbul, Turkiye en_US
dc.description.abstract Infants' language is often measured indirectly via parent reports, but mothers may underestimate or overestimate their infants' word comprehension. The current study examined estimations of mothers from diverse educational backgrounds regarding their infants' word comprehension and how these estimations are associated with their verbal input and infants' receptive vocabulary at 14 months. We compared 34 infants' looking-while- listening (LWL) performances with the mothers' Turkish Communicative Development Inventory (TCDI) reports to calculate the mothers' overestimation and underestimation. During free-play sessions, we assessed the mothers' number of words, number of clauses, lexical diversity, and linguistic complexity. We found that mothers have overestimations and underestimations regardless of their educational background. Crucially, mothers' only overestimations were positively associated with their number of words and lexical diversity. Mothers' verbal input was not related to infants' receptive vocabulary scores. The findings suggest that mothers' input might be aligned with their estimations of their infants' language capabilities, which might not reflect the infants' true performance. en_US
dc.description.sponsorship Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK) [113K006] en_US
dc.description.sponsorship This research was supported by a grant from the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK) to Aylin C. Kuentay (grant number: 113K006). We are thankful to Ebru Ger, Suemeyye Ko & scedil;kulu-Sancar, Hilal & Scedil;en, Merve Ataman, and Seda Akb & imath;y & imath;k for their assistance in recruitment and data collection, to Asude Firdevs Erac & imath;kba & scedil; and Asl & imath;nur Aydo & gbreve;andemir for data coding, and to & Scedil;eref Can Esmer for his valuable feedback. We greatly appreciate the contribution of the parents and infants who participated in our study. en_US
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dc.identifier.doi 10.1017/S0305000924000576
dc.identifier.issn 0305-0009
dc.identifier.issn 1469-7602
dc.identifier.pmid 39676555
dc.identifier.scopus 2-s2.0-85213041185
dc.identifier.scopusquality Q2
dc.identifier.uri https://doi.org/10.1017/S0305000924000576
dc.identifier.uri https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12469/7109
dc.identifier.wos WOS:001379593800001
dc.identifier.wosquality Q1
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Cambridge Univ Press en_US
dc.relation.publicationcategory Makale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı en_US
dc.rights info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess en_US
dc.scopus.citedbyCount 1
dc.subject Maternal Verbal Input en_US
dc.subject Receptive Vocabulary en_US
dc.subject Socioeconomic Status en_US
dc.subject Mothers' Estimations Of Infants' Language en_US
dc.title Maternal Underestimations and Overestimations of Their Infants' Word Comprehension: Effects on Mothers' Verbal Input and Infants' Receptive Vocabulary en_US
dc.type Article en_US
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