A Meta-Analysis of Cross Sectional Studies Investigating Language in Maltreated Children

Jarrad A. G. Lum · Martine B. Powell · Lydia Timms · Pamela C. Snow

88 citations0/0 files storedJournal of Speech Language and Hearing Research

No readable copy stored yet — this record is metadata only.

No open-access location is known for this record yet.

Literature note Cite in a project Citation map

Child Abuse and Trauma Language Development and Disorders Child Welfare and Adoption

Abstract

PURPOSE: In this review article, meta-analysis was used to summarize research investigating language skills in maltreated children. METHOD: A systematic search of published studies was undertaken. Studies were included in the meta-analysis if they investigated language skills in groups comprising maltreated and nonmaltreated children. Studies were selected if these 2 groups of children were of comparable age and from a similar socioeconomic background. RESULTS: A total of 26 studies were identified that met the inclusion criteria. Results from the meta-analysis showed that maltreated children demonstrated consistently poorer language skills with respect to receptive vocabulary (k = 19; standardized mean difference [SMD] = .463; 95% confidence interval [CI; .293, .634]; p < .001), expressive language (k = 4; SMD =.860; 95% CI [.557, 1.163]; p < .001), and receptive language (k = 9; SMD =.528; 95% CI [.220, .837]; p < .001). CONCLUSION: Together, these results indicate a reliable association between child maltreatment and poor language skills.

Paper brief

Loading…

Cite this work

Citation unavailable for this work.

BibTeX RIS CSL-JSON

No public copy is stored for this record, so only the metadata is cited.

Citations in this library

Citation map →

Stored only when both papers are in the corpus — 88 citations exist upstream.

References

2009Preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses: the PRISMA statement 2009Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses: The PRISMA Statement 2003Measuring inconsistency in meta-analyses 2009Preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses: the PRISMA Statement.2008Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions 2014The Newcastle-Ottawa Scale (NOS) for Assessing the Quality of Nonrandomised Studies in Meta-Analyses 2009Introduction to Meta‐Analysis 2021Introduction to Meta‐Analysis

Cited by

2017Psychosocial Aspects of Pragmatic Disorders 2018Receptive Vocabulary Development of Children Placed in Foster Care and Children Who Remained With Birth Parents After Involvement With Child Protective Services

Explore the map →

Papers that cite the same references — the relational fallback while embeddings are still backfilling.

Imported from OpenAlex (CC0) — nothing here is generated.