The impact of positive parenting behaviors and maternal depression on the features of young children's home language environments

This study investigated the associations between maternal depression when infants were 3 to 11 months old ( M = 6 months), and positive parenting behaviors when children were between 12 and 22 months ( M = 17 months) and the home language environment assessed when children were 18 to 28 months old ( M = 23.5 months) in a sample of 29 low-income mother–child dyads. After controlling for maternal education, only teaching behaviors remained a...