APS
29th APS Annual Convention · 2017
More Similar Than Different? Examining African-American and White Mothers’ Language Usage with Their 14-Month-Old Infants
- Bethanie Lee
Willamette University - Kristin Johnson
Duke University - Stephen Gibson
Duke University - Makeba Wilbourn
Duke University - Primula Lane
Duke University
Abstract
Cross-cultural comparisons of mother-child communication often describe differences as deficits and confound race/culture with SES. This study offers a nuanced perspective by examining maternal language in middle-income, African-American and White mother-infant dyads. The findings reveal that African-American and White mothers differ in referential language, but are similar in regulatory language.
Cross-Cultural or Ethnic Studies
