Phonological memory and vocabulary development during the early school years: A longitudinal study.

Gathercole, S. E. and Willis, C. and Braddeley, A. D. and Emslie, H. (1992) Phonological memory and vocabulary development during the early school years: A longitudinal study. Developmental Psychology, 28 (5). pp. 887-898. ISSN 0012-1649

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Abstract

The nature of the developmental association between phonological memory and vocabulary knowledge was explored in a longitudinal study. At each of 4 waves (at ages 4, 5, 6, and 8 yrs), measures of vocabulary, phonological memory, nonverbal intelligence, and reading were taken from 80 children. Comparisons of cross-lagged partial correlations revealed a significant shift in the causal underpinnings of the relationship between phonological memory and vocabulary development before and after 5 yrs of age. Between 4 and 5 yrs, phonological memory skills appeared to exert a direct causal influence on vocabulary acquisition. Subsequently, though, vocabulary knowledge became the major pacemaker in the developmental relationship, with the earlier influence of phonological memory on vocabulary development subsiding to a nonsignificant level. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2008 APA, all rights reserved)

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Journal Article
Journal or Publication Title:
Developmental Psychology
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?? demographylife-span and life-course studiesdevelopmental and educational psychologybf psychology ??
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19094
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30 Oct 2008 10:14
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Published
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