Associations between Parenting and Cognitive and Language Abilities at 2 Years of Age Depend on Prenatal Exposure to Disadvantage
Parenting moderates and mediates associations between PSD and early cognition and language, but only in families with less social disadvantage. These findings, although correlational, suggest that there may be a critical threshold of disadvantage, below which mediating or moderating factors become less effective, highlighting the importance of reducing disadvantage as primary prevention.
Authors
- Barbara Warner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9910-4461)
- Jillian Wilson
- Joan L. Luby (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5352-1721)
- Dimitrios Alexopoulos (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5210-9807)
- Rachel E. Lean (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5179-0282)
- Regina L. Triplett (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0595-0801)
- Ursula A. Tooley (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6377-3885)
- Tara A. Smyser (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2977-8214)
- Emily D. Gerstein (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5218-0785)
- Rebecca G. Brady (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2988-3594)
- Rebecca Tillman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7472-4971)
- Christopher D. Smyser (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4716-5190)
- Shelby D. Leverett (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0914-2182)
- Michayla Ruscitti (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-3463-8280)
- Deanna M. Barch
- Cynthia E. Rogers
Institutions
- Washington University in St. Louis (US)
- University of Missouri–St. Louis (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- The Journal of Pediatrics
- Published
- 2024-09-02
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpeds.2024.114289
- Citations
- 9
- Primary Topic
- Early Childhood Education and Development
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 18.86
Funders
- Brain and Behavior Research Foundation
- March of Dimes Foundation
- Children's Discovery Institute
- National Institutes of Health
- Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis