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The Home Literacy Environment as a Predictor of the Early Literacy Development of Children at Family-Risk of Dyslexia

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ID23328467
AuthorsLorna Hamilton (0000-0003-0526-8252, York St John University, corresponding author), Marianna E Hayiou-Thomas (University of York), Marianna E Hayiou‐Thomas (0000-0003-1163-2671, University of York), Charles Hulme (0000-0001-9499-5958, University College London), Margaret Snowling (0000-0003-0836-3861, University of Oxford), Margaret J Snowling (University of Oxford)
Year2016
Volume20
Issue5
Pages401-419
Publication date2016-09-02
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueScientific Studies of Reading (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1088-8438 • E-ISSN: 1532-799X
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/10888438.2016.1213266
PMID28250707
OpenAlexW2509101196
LanguageEN
Citations received67
References cited49

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.

Developmental psychology · Dyslexia · Emergent literacy · Environmental health · Family literacy · Language development · Linguistics · Literacy · Pedagogy · Phonological awareness · Population · Reading (process) · Socioeconomic status · Child Development and Digital Technology · Language Development and Disorders · Medicine · Psychology · Reading and Literacy Development

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