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measure Language Development Survey (LDS)
Study: Generation R Mode of collection: SelfAdministeredQuestionnaire Available measurements: Generation R 2.5 yearsThe Language Development Survey (LDS) assesses receptive and expressive language development. It is a 310-word vocabulary checklist, e.g., ‘Apple’ and ‘Tortoise’, with words arranged within 14 semantic categories. Parents are asked to identify the words that the child uses spontaneously.Created October 17, 2024 • Updated October 20, 2024 -
measure Child Development Inventory (CDI) - Receptive and expressive language
Study: Generation R Mode of collection: SelfAdministeredQuestionnaire Available measurements: Generation R 1 year 1.5 yearsThe Child Development Inventory (CDI) was used to assess receptive and expressive language using age-appropriate items from the expressive language scale and the language comprehension scale. The scales ask caregivers to indicate on yes/no-items what sounds or words the child produces or understands.Created October 17, 2024 • Updated October 20, 2024 -
measure Looking While Listening
Study: YOUth Mode of collection: MeasurementsAndTests Eyetracking Available measurements: Baby and Child 3 yearsThe Looking While Listening task is an eye-tracking paradigm. It is a simplified version of a visual world paradigm, in which every trial presents pairs of familiar images/objects of roughly the same size (for example, a chair and a bath), accompanied by a pre-recorded Dutch sentence that asks the participant to look at one of these images (e.g., where is...Created October 17, 2024 • Updated October 20, 2024 -
measure Parent-Child Interaction (PCI)
Study: YOUth Mode of collection: Observation Available measurements: Baby and Child 5 months 10 months 3 years 6 yearsParent child interaction (PCI) is an observation of a parent with their child, with the goal to code qualitative aspects of the observed interaction based on explicitly defined behaviors. The PCI consists of age appropriate structured tasks that include a common mildly stressful event (teaching tasks and clean-up), and a pleasant event (unstructured free...Created October 17, 2024 • Updated October 20, 2024 -
measure Macarthur Communicative Development Inventory (MCDI)
Study: YOUth Mode of collection: SelfAdministeredQuestionnaire Available measurements: Baby and Child 10 months 3 yearsThe MacArthur Communicative Development Inventories (CDIs) are a pair of widely used parent-report instruments for assessing communicative skills in infants and toddlers. The CDIs are parent report instruments which capture important information about children's developing abilities in early language, including vocabulary comprehension, production,...Created October 17, 2024 • Updated October 20, 2024