Purpose: This systematic review and meta-analysis estimates the overall language skills of
youth offenders involved with the juvenile justice system. Given the importance of this …

Children's low academic skills are associated with a variety of behavior problems and
maladaptive outcomes throughout childhood and adulthood. Given the prevalence of …

Early language skills and prosocial behavior contribute to positive outcomes across the
lifespan. Screening has improved the identification and early intervention (EI) for children …

Using a subsample from the National Institute of Child Health and Development Study of
Early Child Care and Youth Development (N= 961), we employed a network approach to …

Purpose: Early language and communication interventions for children with language
impairments have been shown to be effective in assessments administered immediately …

Children with developmental language disorder (DLD) are at risk for social, emotional, and
behavioral (SEB) maladjustment throughout development, though it is unclear if poor …

The purpose of this study was to determine the extent that language skills contribute to
kindergarten children's classroom-based friendship networks. We assessed language skills …

Some of the worst long-term outcomes of children are associated with the presence of
externalizing behavior and low academic achievement. However, the nature of the causal …

Poorer language ability has been shown to predict the development of externalizing
behavior problems such as aggression and conduct problems. However, the developmental …

Gender differences in language can be signs of cognitive differences, but can also by
themselves be the cause for such differences. Females have a slight linguistic advantage …