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dc.contributor.authorCastles, Anne
dc.contributor.authorMcLean, Gregor MT
dc.contributor.authorBavin, Edith
dc.contributor.authorBretherton, Lesley
dc.contributor.authorCarlin, John
dc.contributor.authorPrior, Margot
dc.contributor.authorUkoumunne, Obioha
dc.contributor.authorWake, Melissa
dc.contributor.authorReilly, Sheena
dc.date.accessioned2018-04-27T00:34:13Z
dc.date.available2018-04-27T00:34:13Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.identifier.issn1034-4810
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/jpc.12126
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/173338
dc.description.abstractAim: To explore the link between pre-school children’s general home computer use and their letter knowledge. Methods: As part of the Early Language in Victoria Study, a community cohort of 1539 four-year-old children was tested on letter knowledge as well as on non-verbal intelligence, oral language, articulation and phonological awareness. Performance on these measures was examined in relation to parent-questionnaire responses exploring home literacy environment and the amount of time children spent using the computer. Results: A positive correlation between computer use and letter knowledge was found, and this association was still evident after controlling for other cognitive and environmental factors known to predict the development of letter knowledge in young children. Conclusions: Greater computer use in pre-school children appears to have a positive association with emerging literacy development. Future research needs to examine the nature of that association.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherWiley-Blackwell Publishing
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom193
dc.relation.ispartofpageto198
dc.relation.ispartofissue3
dc.relation.ispartofjournalJournal of Paediatrics and Child Health
dc.relation.ispartofvolume49
dc.subject.fieldofresearchClinical sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchReproductive medicine not elsewhere classified
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3202
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode321599
dc.titleComputer use and letter knowledge in pre-school children: A population-based study
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorReilly, Sheena


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