Using a sample of 286 mothers and fathers from ethnically and socioeconomically diverse backgrounds, we tested the associations between the frequency and quality of parents' shared book reading (SBR) with infants aged 9 months, and language skills of infants aged 18 months, and whether infants' attention during SBR at 9 months mediated these associations. Frequency of SBR was parent‐report and quality of SBR (i.e., number of reading strategies) and infants' attention were coded from recorded SBR interactions at home. The majority of mothers and fathers reported reading to their 9‐month‐olds at least weekly, and mothers reported reading, on average, significantly more often than fathers. There was large variability in parents' SBR quality ranging from 0 to 15 strategies per minute, with labelling being the most common. Path analysis showed that mothers' SBR frequency at 9 months was significantly associated with infants' receptive and expressive language skills at 18 months, whereas, SBR quality by either parent was not significant. Infants' attention did not mediate these associations. These findings suggest that early SBR is beneficial for language development and programmes targeting early language development should encourage both mothers and fathers to read often to their infants during the first year.

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在种族和社会经济多元化的家庭中，母亲和父亲与 9 个月大的婴儿共同读书对 18 个月大的语言技能的贡献

我们使用来自种族和社会经济背景不同的 286 名母亲和父亲作为样本，测试了父母与 9 个月大的婴儿共享读书 (SBR) 的频率和质量与 18 个月大的婴儿的语言技能之间的关联，以及是否9 个月时 SBR 期间婴儿的注意力介导了这些关联。 SBR 的频率是家长报告的，SBR 的质量（即阅读策略的数量）和婴儿的注意力是根据在家中记录的 SBR 互动进行编码的。大多数母亲和父亲报告至少每周给 9 个月大的孩子读书，平均而言，母亲的阅读频率明显高于父亲。父母的 SBR 质量存在很大差异，从每分钟 0 到 15 个策略不等，其中标签是最常见的。路径分析显示，母亲在 9 个月时的 SBR 频率与婴儿在 18 个月时的接受和表达语言技能显着相关，而父母双方的 SBR 质量则不显着。婴儿的注意力并没有调节这些关联。这些发现表明，早期 SBR 有利于语言发展，针对早期语言发展的计划应鼓励母亲和父亲在婴儿第一年经常读书给婴儿听。