| Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4940007 | Learning and Individual Differences | 2017 | 6 Pages |
Abstract
The concurrent and longitudinal relationships between preschoolers' language comprehension and expressive vocabulary and children's personality traits were addressed in an Estonian-speaking sample. The two waves included 386 and 359 participants, respectively; 276 children participated in both waves, their mean age was 4 during the first and 6 during the second wave. Children's expressive vocabulary score showed main effects of extraversion, conscientiousness, and emotional stability. During the first wave the children who scored higher on emotional stability and conscientiousness had smaller expressive vocabularies than their age-mates. During the second wave children's expressive vocabulary was positively related to extraversion. There was no main effect of children's personality on their language comprehension, although some concurrent links could be established at the two time points. Children's earlier personality assessments did not predict their later language abilities.
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Authors
Pirko Tõugu, Tiia Tulviste,