A mediation meta‐analysis of the role of maternal responsivity in the association between socioeconomic risk and children’s language

This meta‐analysis tested maternal responsivity as a mediator of the association between socioeconomic risk and children's preschool language abilities. The search included studies up to 2017 and meta‐analytic structural equation modeling, allowed us to examine the magnitude of the indirect effect across 17 studies ( k = 19). The meta‐analysis included 6433 predominantly White, English speaking children ( M age = 36 months; 50% female) from...