The effect of child gender on parental nonverbal communication

dc.contributor.advisorNewman, Rochelleen_US
dc.contributor.authorBooth, Tiaraen_US
dc.contributor.departmentHearing and Speech Sciencesen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2019-06-20T05:39:38Z
dc.date.available2019-06-20T05:39:38Z
dc.date.issued2019en_US
dc.description.abstractPrevious work has studied parental verbal communication and found differences based on child gender. The current study was designed to better understand any differences in maternal nonverbal communication based on child gender. The nonverbal parameters analyzed were eye contact/joint attention, gestures, positive and negative facial expressions, and open and closed body language. Previously recorded mother-child play sessions when the children were 7 months (n=103) and 24 months (n=73) were coded to assess three main questions: a) Does maternal nonverbal communication differ with child gender? b) Does maternal nonverbal communication change over time? c) Does maternal nonverbal communication effect vocabulary outcomes at 24 months? Mothers used more positive facial expressions with girls at 7 months and more gestures with boys at 24 months. Mothers were consistent in their use of positive facial expressions and gestures over time. Finally, there was no apparent relationship between maternal nonverbal communication and vocabulary.en_US
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13016/fjqj-76np
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/22025
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledSpeech therapyen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledchilden_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledcommunicationen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledgenderen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledmaternalen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrollednonverbalen_US
dc.titleThe effect of child gender on parental nonverbal communicationen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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