Predicting receptive vocabulary change from childhood to adulthood: A birth cohort study

Change in receptive vocabulary from childhood to adulthood: associated mental health, education and employment outcomes

“…Prior research has examined changes in language ability through childhood and it has been established that language delays identified in some young children will resolve whereas in others, they may persist (Armstrong et al 2016). Furthermore, there are children whose language skills deteriorate in preschool or even later in childhood, even if they had normal language skills at an early age (Zambrana et al 2014).…”

“…Furthermore, there are children whose language skills deteriorate in preschool or even later in childhood, even if they had normal language skills at an early age (Zambrana et al 2014). Several studies have investigated the factors predicting language impairment/delay at one time point (e.g., Reilly et al 2010) as well as the predictors of different language trajectories (e.g., Armstrong et al 2016;Zambrana et al 2014). A recent study by Armstrong et al (2016), utilized data collected as part of the Mater-University of Queensland Study of Pregnancy (MUSP) birth cohort and, in line with other trajectory studies, described four patterns of change in receptive vocabulary performance between childhood and adulthood (persistently good, persistently poor, improved and deteriorated).…”

“…Previous work has provided compelling evidence that early language delays result in poorer long-term outcomes across childhood and into adulthood (e.g., Johnson et al 2010, Schoon et al 2010. However, given the variability that exists in language development (e.g., Armstrong et al 2016), studies which have examined these outcomes based on earlier language performance, or from only one assessment point, do not take into account the changes in language profiles that occur as children develop. Further research is needed exploring whether long-term outcomes are influenced by distinct changes in language profiles over the school years.…”

“…) as well as the predictors of different language trajectories (e.g., Armstrong et al . ; Zambrana et al . ).…”

“…A recent study by Armstrong et al . (), utilized data collected as part of the Mater‐University of Queensland Study of Pregnancy (MUSP) birth cohort and, in line with other trajectory studies, described four patterns of change in receptive vocabulary performance between childhood and adulthood (persistently good, persistently poor, improved and deteriorated).…”