Reciprocal effects of morphological awareness, vocabulary knowledge, and word reading: A cross-lagged panel analysis in Chinese

•We examined the reciprocity among morphological awareness, vocabulary, and reading.•Only unidirectional longitudinal relationships emerged around one year later.•Morphological awareness facilitated later word reading.•Word reading facilitated later vocabulary knowledge. There are strong corresponde...

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Published in:	Journal of experimental child psychology Vol. 206; p. 105100
Main Authors:	Dulay, Katrina May, Law, Siu Yee, McBride, Catherine, Ho, Connie Suk-Han
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Elsevier Inc 01-06-2021
Subjects:	Cantonese Chinese Cross-lagged panel model Hong Kong Morphological awareness Vocabulary knowledge Word reading Cross-lagged panel model Hong Kong Word reading Chinese Vocabulary knowledge Morphological awareness Cantonese
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Summary:	•We examined the reciprocity among morphological awareness, vocabulary, and reading.•Only unidirectional longitudinal relationships emerged around one year later.•Morphological awareness facilitated later word reading.•Word reading facilitated later vocabulary knowledge. There are strong correspondences among syllable, morpheme, and orthographic representations in Chinese. For this reason, bidirectional relationships have been hypothesized among morphological awareness, vocabulary knowledge, and word reading from an early age. Our study examined the reciprocity of these skills among Hong Kong Chinese primary school children. Data were collected from 160 first graders at two time points and were analyzed using a cross-lagged panel design with the three skills modeled simultaneously. No reciprocal pathways were demonstrated in the model; instead, unidirectional relationships emerged. Morphological awareness facilitated later word reading, and word reading facilitated later vocabulary knowledge. Results are discussed in relation to a developmental account of learning to read in Chinese.
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ISSN:	0022-0965 1096-0457
DOI:	10.1016/j.jecp.2021.105100