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The Influence of Infant’s Joint Attention at 9 months and the Developmental Change of Joint Attention from 9 months to 28 months on Language Ability at 3 years

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박슬기, 곽금주, 김연수

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pp. 243~258 / 2014 Vol.21 No.1

Abstract

The current study investigated the changes of joint attention in infants and examined the relationshipbetween the rate of change of joint attention and language ability of early childhood. 97 infants wereused as subjects in this study. The amount of joint attention was measured from 9 months to 28 monthsin infant-mother free play situations. In the Korean Child Development Inventory, language comprehension,expressive language, and letter scales were used to measure language ability at 3 years old. Latent growthmodeling was used to analyze change estimation of joint attention during infancy, and multivariate latentgrowth model was applied to verify the relevance of changes of infancy joint attention and early languageskills. As a result, joint attention had increased nonlinearly over time. There were individual differences ininitial joint attention and the rate of changes and these differences impacted upon language ability. Theresults of the current study suggested that researchers need to expand their time frames when theyexamine the aspect of transition of joint attention. Moreover, when researchers examine the relationshipbetweenjoint attention and language ability in follow-up research, they need to consider the rate ofchange in joint attention.

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