The home literacy environment as a predictor of the early literacy development of children at family-risk of dyslexia
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Hamilton, Lorna G., Hayiou-Thomas, Marianna E., Hulme, Charles and Snowling, Margaret J.. (2016). The home literacy environment as a predictor of the early literacy development of children at family-risk of dyslexia. Scientific Studies of Reading. 20(5), pp. 401 - 419. https://doi.org/10.1080/10888438.2016.1213266
Authors | Hamilton, Lorna G., Hayiou-Thomas, Marianna E., Hulme, Charles and Snowling, Margaret J. |
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Abstract | The home literacy environment ( HLE ) predicts language and reading development in typically developing children; relatively little is known about its association with literacy development in children at family-risk of dyslexia. We assessed the HLE at age 4 years, precursor literacy skills at age 5, and literacy outcomes at age 6, in a sample of children at family-risk of dyslexia ( n = 116 ) and children with no known risk ( n = 72 ). Developmental relationships between the HLE and literacy were comparable between the groups; an additional effect of storybook exposure on phoneme awareness was observed in the family-risk group only. The effects of socioeconomic status on literacy were partially mediated by variations in the HLE; in turn, effects of the HLE on literacy were mediated by precursor skills ( oral language, phoneme awareness, and emergent decoding ) in both groups. Findings are discussed in terms of possible gene–environment correlation mechanisms underpinning atypical literacy development. |
Year | 2016 |
Journal | Scientific Studies of Reading |
Journal citation | 20 (5), pp. 401 - 419 |
Publisher | Routledge |
ISSN | 1088-8438 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1080/10888438.2016.1213266 |
Scopus EID | 2-s2.0-84981528471 |
Open access | Open access |
Page range | 401 - 419 |
Research Group | Institute for Learning Sciences and Teacher Education (ILSTE) |
Publisher's version | |
Additional information | © Lorna G. Hamilton, Marianna E. Hayiou-Thomas, Charles Hulme, and Margaret J. Snowling. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, and is not altered, transformed, or built upon in any way. |
Place of publication | United States |
https://acuresearchbank.acu.edu.au/item/876y2/the-home-literacy-environment-as-a-predictor-of-the-early-literacy-development-of-children-at-family-risk-of-dyslexia
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