Gender differences in the relationship between language and social competence in preschool children

Emiddia Longobardi; Pietro Spataro; Alessandra Frigerio; Leslie Rescorla

doi:10.1016/j.infbeh.2016.03.001

Gender differences in the relationship between language and social competence in preschool children

Infant Behav Dev. 2016 May:43:1-4. doi: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2016.03.001. Epub 2016 Mar 12.

Authors

Emiddia Longobardi¹, Pietro Spataro², Alessandra Frigerio³, Leslie Rescorla⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Dynamic and Clinical Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy. Electronic address: emiddia.longobardi@uniroma1.it.
² Department of Dynamic and Clinical Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy.
³ Scientific Institute, IRCCS Eugenio Medea, Bosisio Parini, LC, Italy.
⁴ Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA, United States.

PMID: 26974894
DOI: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2016.03.001

Abstract

The present study examined gender differences in the relation between language and social competence in 268 children aged 18 to 35 months. Correlational and regression analyses demonstrated that the association between expressive language and social ability was significantly stronger in boys than in girls.

MeSH terms

Child Language*
Child, Preschool
Female
Humans
Infant
Male
Sex Factors*
Social Skills*