Cecilia
Nguyen
Beyond the Bookshelf: Family Influences on Early Language Production
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Authors:
Cecilia Nguyen, Kristen Gilyard, Elika Bergelson
Date Created:
2025-01-01
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During toddlerhood, the home environment, specifically the we calculated parent/child scores reflecting child behaviors, such presence of siblings and multiple languages, may impact early as pointing at pages, and parent behaviors, such as extending language development. Research shows that siblings can provide beyond the book, during reading. Sibling presence (N=53 w/ additional input, modeling, and interaction, which may enhance sib vs. N=21 w/ no sib) was not significantly associated with or compete with parental input. Research on bilingual children language production or parent/child scores. A test revealed a suggests that siblings can influence L2 acquisition, as siblings significantdifferenceamongsiblingidentitygroups(F(3,57)=2.58, may dilute limited L2 resources in bilingual homes. Parent p=.046), with toddlers with younger sisters producing more words and child behaviors during shared-reading support enhanced early versus with older brothers (p=.040) and older sisters (p=.028). language development and later academic outcomes. Toddlers Speaking another language (N=19 multilingual vs N=46) was not ~12 months are at a critical stage of rapid language growth, significantly associated with production (W=461, p>.05). As ideal for studying how environmental factors and shared-reading expected, language production was positively correlated with child shape communication. Our main question examines family-factors reading scores (p<.001) and parent reading scores (p = .003). related to toddlers’ language experience. We explored whether Due to small sample sizes in some groups, findings should be siblingidentity,householdlanguageenvironment,andparent-child interpreted carefully. Data collection is ongoing. Future research reading engagement contribute to production. Parents completed will examine how sibling dynamics and parent reading behaviors surveys on household reading environment, and an assessment interact over time to influence development, as toddlers’ grow into of toddlers’ language production (MB-CDI). From the survey, full language communicators. Developing and Validating Anorexia Nervosa Phenotypes in the MGB Electronic Health Records Charlotte Paley, Kristin Javaras, Jennifer Sneider Harvard College | Currier House | Psychology | 2026 Accurately identifying psychiatric disorders in electronic health with degree of certainty in that diagnosis, based on careful and records (EHRs) is a valuable tool for conducting large-scale thorough review of clinical notes. Notably, using a clearly defined mental health research. However, many diagnoses — especially operationalization and a standardized rating system facilitates those related to complex conditions like eating disorders — are consistency across raters, as well as reproducibility. To enhance often recorded inconsistently, incompletely, or inaccurately. This both efficiency and uniformity in the report-writing process, study aims to reduce false positives when identifying cases of artificial intelligence tools (e.g., Microsoft Copilot) are also being anorexia nervosa (AN) based on EHRs by developing a more explored for generating structured clinical summaries. Findings rigorous and reproducible approach to doing so. A random from this work will contribute to the development of more accurate sample of 100 patients with at least one billing diagnosis of and reproducible phenotyping strategies for AN in EHRs, which AN within the Mass General Brigham EHR was selected, and can be used to conduct research focused on predictors, correlates, detailed chart reviews are underway to determine whether each course, and consequences of AN. Ultimately, by increasing patient actually meets standardized research criteria for AN. This the accuracy of case identification through clearly defined and review process utilizes a highly specific operationalization of AN standardized criteria, this project lays the groundwork for rigorous, criterion, and a standardized system for rating the presence of data-driven research on eating disorders and supports efforts to each diagnostic criterion and overall diagnosis (i.e., AN or another improve AN prevention, detection, and treatment outcomes. medical problem resulting in undereating and weight loss) along
Abstract:
During toddlerhood, the home environment, specifically the we calculated parent/child scores reflecting child behaviors, such presence of siblings and multiple languages, may impact early as pointing at pages, and parent behaviors, such as extending language development. Research shows that siblings can provide beyond the book, during reading. Sibling presence (N=53 w/ additional input, modeling, and interaction, which may enhance sib vs. N=21 w/ no sib) was not significantly associated with or compete with parental input. Research on bilingual children language production or parent/child scores. A test revealed a suggests that siblings can influence L2 acquisition, as siblings significantdifferenceamongsiblingidentitygroups(F(3,57)=2.58, may dilute limited L2 resources in bilingual homes. Parent p=.046), with toddlers with younger sisters producing more words and child behaviors during shared-reading support enhanced early versus with older brothers (p=.040) and older sisters (p=.028). language development and later academic outcomes. Toddlers Speaking another language (N=19 multilingual vs N=46) was not ~12 months are at a critical stage of rapid language growth, significantly associated with production (W=461, p>.05). As ideal for studying how environmental factors and shared-reading expected, language production was positively correlated with child shape communication. Our main question examines family-factors reading scores (p<.001) and parent reading scores (p = .003). related to toddlers’ language experience. We explored whether Due to small sample sizes in some groups, findings should be siblingidentity,householdlanguageenvironment,andparent-child interpreted carefully. Data collection is ongoing. Future research reading engagement contribute to production. Parents completed will examine how sibling dynamics and parent reading behaviors surveys on household reading environment, and an assessment interact over time to influence development, as toddlers’ grow into of toddlers’ language production (MB-CDI). From the survey, full language communicators. Developing and Validating Anorexia Nervosa Phenotypes in the MGB Electronic Health Records Charlotte Paley, Kristin Javaras, Jennifer Sneider Harvard College | Currier House | Psychology | 2026 Accurately identifying psychiatric disorders in electronic health with degree of certainty in that diagnosis, based on careful and records (EHRs) is a valuable tool for conducting large-scale thorough review of clinical notes. Notably, using a clearly defined mental health research. However, many diagnoses — especially operationalization and a standardized rating system facilitates those related to complex conditions like eating disorders — are consistency across raters, as well as reproducibility. To enhance often recorded inconsistently, incompletely, or inaccurately. This both efficiency and uniformity in the report-writing process, study aims to reduce false positives when identifying cases of artificial intelligence tools (e.g., Microsoft Copilot) are also being anorexia nervosa (AN) based on EHRs by developing a more explored for generating structured clinical summaries. Findings rigorous and reproducible approach to doing so. A random from this work will contribute to the development of more accurate sample of 100 patients with at least one billing diagnosis of and reproducible phenotyping strategies for AN in EHRs, which AN within the Mass General Brigham EHR was selected, and can be used to conduct research focused on predictors, correlates, detailed chart reviews are underway to determine whether each course, and consequences of AN. Ultimately, by increasing patient actually meets standardized research criteria for AN. This the accuracy of case identification through clearly defined and review process utilizes a highly specific operationalization of AN standardized criteria, this project lays the groundwork for rigorous, criterion, and a standardized system for rating the presence of data-driven research on eating disorders and supports efforts to each diagnostic criterion and overall diagnosis (i.e., AN or another improve AN prevention, detection, and treatment outcomes. medical problem resulting in undereating and weight loss) along
Source:
Harvard / Harvard College | Cabot House | Social Studies | 2027 / 2025
Topics:
language, parent, production, sibling, reading, child, toddler, score, behavior, development, standardized, influence
