Associations between parenting and cognitive and language abilities at age 2 depend on prenatal exposure to disadvantage
Shelby Denise Leverett, Rebecca G. Brady, Ursula A. Tooley, Rachel E. Lean, Rebecca Tillman, Jillian Wilson, Michayla Ruscitti, Regina L. Triplett, Dimitrios K. Alexopoulos, Emily D. Gerstein, Tara A. Smyser, Barbara B. Warner, Joan L. Luby, Christopher D. Smyser, Cynthia E. Rogers, Deanna M. Barch
The paper examines how prenatal social disadvantage affects cognitive and language abilities at age 2, showing that parenting behaviors mediate these effects only in families with lower levels of disadvantage.
bioRxiv · Mar 25, 2024 · PreprintNeuroscience