Investigating the association between socioeconomic status and language skills in children with autism spectrum disorder or other developmental delays

IF 2.8 4区心理学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, DEVELOPMENTAL

Infant and Child Development Pub Date : 2024-02-07 DOI:10.1002/icd.2493

Meredith Pecukonis, Julia Levinson, Andrea Chu, Sarabeth Broder-Fingert, Emily Feinberg, Howard Cabral, Helen Tager-Flusberg

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Abstract

Numerous studies have reported that socioeconomic status (SES) predicts language skills in typically developing children. However, this association has been less systematically studied in children with developmental disabilities, such as autism spectrum disorder (ASD) or other developmental delays (DD). In the present study, we examined the association between SES, operationalized as maternal education attainment and health insurance status, and receptive and expressive language skills in a sample of children from lower SES, racial/ethnic minority families at increased ‘clinical risk’ for ASD based on early screening. Neither maternal education attainment nor health insurance status were significantly associated with children's language skills. Expressive and receptive language skills were significantly higher in children with DD compared to children with ASD. Findings differ from previously published work, highlighting the importance of study replication. Further research is needed to understand why the association between SES and children's language skills might vary across samples.

Highlights

Examined association between socioeconomic status (SES) and language skills in children at ‘clinical risk’ for autism based on early screening.
Found no associations between measures of SES and children's language skills.
Results differ from previously published work, highlighting the importance of replicating studies with lower SES, racial/ethnic minority families.

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调查自闭症谱系障碍或其他发育迟缓儿童的社会经济地位与语言技能之间的关系

大量研究表明，社会经济地位（SES）可预测发育正常儿童的语言能力。然而，对自闭症谱系障碍（ASD）或其他发育迟缓（DD）等发育障碍儿童的这种关联性却较少进行系统研究。在本研究中，我们研究了来自社会经济地位较低、种族/族裔少数、根据早期筛查ASD "临床风险 "较高的家庭的儿童样本中，社会经济地位与接受性和表达性语言技能之间的关系，社会经济地位具体表现为母亲的教育程度和医疗保险状况。母亲的教育程度和医疗保险状况均与儿童的语言技能无明显关联。与 ASD 儿童相比，DD 儿童的表达性和接受性语言技能明显更高。研究结果与之前发表的研究结果不同，这凸显了重复研究的重要性。研究发现，社会经济地位的衡量标准与儿童的语言能力之间没有关联。研究结果与之前发表的研究结果不同，这凸显了对社会经济地位较低、种族/少数民族家庭进行重复研究的重要性。

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Infant and Child Development PSYCHOLOGY, DEVELOPMENTAL-

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2.90

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9.10%

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期刊介绍： Infant and Child Development publishes high quality empirical, theoretical and methodological papers addressing psychological development from the antenatal period through to adolescence. The journal brings together research on: - social and emotional development - perceptual and motor development - cognitive development - language development atypical development (including conduct problems, anxiety and depressive conditions, language impairments, autistic spectrum disorders, and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorders)