Family Engagement and Latine Children's Early Narrative Skills

Melzi, G (通讯作者),NYU, Dept Appl Psychol, 246 Greene St,8th Floor, New York, NY 10003 USA.
2022-1
The present study examined the concurrent relations between culture-specific dimensions of family engagement for low-income, Pan-Latine families and children's narrative ability, a critical predictor of reading success. One hundred seventy-five children and their caregivers were recruited from seven Head Start centers in a large city in the northeastern region of the US. Family engagement was assessed through a culturally grounded instrument (McWayne et al. 2013; McWayne and Melzi 2014) that measures parental behavior along one school-based and three home-based engagement dimensions. Children's spontaneous narrative productions were elicited through two tasks: a picture-elicited and a conversational narrative task. Findings showed that family engagement dimensions were differentially related to important aspects of children's narrative production, even after accounting for child and parent demographic characteristics. Specifically, families' efforts to provide stimulating experiences for their children beyond the basics (i.e., Supplemental Education) were significantly related to children's ability to tell longer narratives during the picture-elicited narrative task. In addition, parents' active school-based engagement (i.e., School Participation) was significantly associated with children's ability to narrate independently in the conversational narrative task.
EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION JOURNAL
卷号:50|期号:1|页码:83-95
ISSN:1082-3301|收录类别:SSCI
语种
英语
来源机构
New York University; Tufts University
资助信息
This study was supported by an NICHD R03 grant (5R03HD50363-2), and an Administration for Children and Families, Head Start-University English Language Learners Partnership Grant (#90YR0043), both awarded to the first and second authors.
被引频次(WOS)
9
被引频次(其他)
9
180天使用计数
2
2013以来使用计数
12
EISSN
1573-1707
出版年
2022-1
DOI
10.1007/s10643-020-01132-7
WOS学科分类
Education & Educational Research
学科领域
循证教育学
关键词
Narratives Early literacy Family engagement Dual-language Immigrant Preschool
资助机构
NICHD R03 grant Administration for Children and Families, Head Start-University English Language Learners Partnership Grant