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Home Interactions and the Development of Embu Toddlers in Kenya

1988; Wiley; Volume: 59; Issue: 5 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1111/j.1467-8624.1988.tb01494.x

1467-8624

Marian Sigman, Charlotte G. Neumann, Eric Carter, Dorothy J. Cattle, Susan D'Souza, Nimrod O. Bwibo,

Child Development and Digital Technology

SIGMAN, MARIAN; NEUMANN, CHARLOTTE; CARTER, ERIC; CATTLE, DOROTHY J.; D'SOUZA, SUSAN; and BWIBO, NIMROD. Home Interactions and the Development of Embu Toddlers in Kenya. CHILD DEVELOPMENT, 1988, 59, 1251-1261. The social interactions experienced by 110 Embu children growing up in a rural Kenyan community were observed bimonthly when the children were between 15 and 30 months of age. Children who were talked to frequently, whose vocalizations were responded to, and who engaged in sustained social interactions passed more of the items on a revised version of the Bayley Mental Scale at 24 and 30 months of age and showed more positive affect than children who had been less involved in verbal and social interactions during the previous home observations. Children who were carried a great deal between 15 and 30 months of age scored poorly on both Bayley Mental and Motor Scales at 30 months of age. Social and verbal interactions were associated with developmental scores regardless of the child's initial verbal ability. The level of paternal literacy was associated with the cognitive development of these Kenyan toddlers at 30 months of age, and social interactions accounted for some of the variability in development beyond this association.