Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Rachael Davis, Sue Fletcher-Watson, Berengere G. Digard
Summary: Bilingualism is a valuable tool for enriching cultural, social, and lived experiences for both autistic and non-autistic individuals. Despite research consistently finding no negative effects and potential positive effects, parents of autistic children often remain concerned about delays in cognitive and language development. It is important to identify ways to ensure equal access to additional language learning for autistic bilingual children.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2021)
Review
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Rachel M. Hantman, Boin Choi, Katie Hartwick, Zoe Nadler, Gigi Luk
Summary: There is growing research on how language experiences impact the study of autism spectrum disorder (ASD), particularly in bilingual or multilingual communities. The complexity of bilingualism makes it important to clarify participants' language experiences in order to understand the intersection between ASD and bilingualism.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Development Studies
Jonas Quashie Klutsey, Kwadwo Adusei-Asante, Victor Fannam Nunfam
Summary: This study explores the relationship between cultural capital deficits and underdevelopment in northern Ghana. Findings suggest that unethical attitudes, value deficits, and an anti-development mindset are closely correlated with underdevelopment. The study recommends the inclusion of cultural reorientation in development intervention programs and the broadening of education curriculum to inculcate high-value standards.
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
(2023)
Review
Psychology, Developmental
Christina Sophia Gilhuber, Tracy Jane Raulston, Kasie Galley
Summary: More than half the global population is estimated to be multilingual, yet research on autistic children who grow up in multilingual environments remains scant. We conducted a systematic review of peer-reviewed studies on multilingualism in autistic children and its impact on children's language and communication skills. Available research provides no indication that being exposed to more than one language has adverse effects on the communication skills of autistic children. Preliminary findings indicate that multilingual autistic children may share some advantages of multilingualism with their multilingual nonautistic peers. Studies often excluded participants with co-occurring diagnoses, which may have impacted the generalizability of the findings.
Article
Psychology, Experimental
Angela de Bruin, Clara D. Martin
Summary: Bilinguals in a bilingual society need to choose one language to communicate, and they can choose freely when surrounded by other bilinguals. Our research found that personal language preferences play a significant role in language choice during voluntary naming, and external suggestive language primes also influence the choice. Furthermore, following preferences and primes also leads to faster response times.
Article
Psychology, Developmental
Ingrid Hastedt, Abbey Eisenhower, R. Christopher Sheldrick, Alice S. Carter
Summary: A study found that bilingualism does not affect the language skills of children with autism spectrum disorders, but it has a bilingual advantage in socialization skills. Therefore, parents can choose to raise their children bilingually based on their family needs.
JOURNAL OF AUTISM AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS
(2023)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Melissa Lamar, Wassim Tarraf, Benson Wu, Krista M. Perreira, Richard B. Lipton, Tasneem Khambaty, Jianwen Cai, Maria M. Llabre, Linda C. Gallo, Martha L. Daviglus, Hector M. Gonzalez
Summary: Bilingualism may delay behavioral manifestations of adverse cognitive aging. Higher proficiency and use of the second language (English) were associated with higher global cognition, fluency, and Digit Symbol Substitution (DSS) scores at follow-up. The bilingual experience was more consistently related to 7-year level versus change in cognition for Hispanics/Latinos.
ALZHEIMERS & DEMENTIA
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Developmental
Myriam L. H. Beauchamp, Stefano Rezzonico, Terry Bennett, Eric Duku, Stelios Georgiades, Connor Kerns, Pat Mirenda, Annie Richard, Isabel M. Smith, Peter Szatmari, Tracy Vaillancourt, Charlotte Waddell, Anat Zaidman-Zait, Lonnie Zwaigenbaum, Mayada Elsabbagh
Summary: This study examined the narrative abilities of bilingual and monolingual children on the autism spectrum and investigated the differences in social and pragmatic language abilities between bilinguals and monolinguals. The results showed that bilinguals performed similarly to monolinguals on measures of narrative, social, and pragmatic language skills, but balanced bilinguals excelled in a nonliteral language task.
JOURNAL OF AUTISM AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS
(2023)
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Vasileia Skrimpa, Vasilina Spanou, Christiane Bongartz, Eleni Peristeri, Maria Andreou, Despina Papadopoulou
Summary: This study aimed to investigate the effects of bilingualism on pronoun resolution skills of children with autism compared to monolingual autistic children and typically developing monolingual and bilingual children. The findings suggest that bilingualism does not negatively impact pronoun resolution skills in autistic children, indicating that knowing more than one language does not worsen deficits in pronoun comprehension.
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Meiling Hong, Zhenfeng Ge, Chanti Wu
Summary: Entrepreneurial ecosystems (EEs) are regions with intensive and coordinated entrepreneurship practices, and this research focuses on understanding how an EE emerges. By developing a two-phase model with Bourdieu's approach and analyzing interviews with technology entrepreneurs from Shenzhen, China, the study reveals that pursuit of economic capital and the habitus of quick profit result in copycat business practices in the heteronomous phase, while valuing cultural capital and altruism lead to innovation activity practices in the autonomous phase. The study suggests that public sectors should invest in technology-driven industries and social events can transform entrepreneurship practices.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Maria Vender, Mirta Vernice, Antonella Sorace
Summary: This paper discusses the relationship between bilingualism and neurodevelopmental disorders, emphasizing the benefits of bilingualism for children with developmental disorders without exacerbating their difficulties. The article also provides recommendations, highlighting the importance of supporting the family language for the complete and harmonious bilingual growth of children.
Article
Linguistics
Krithika Govindarajan, Johanne Paradis
Summary: Bilingual children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) exhibit weaknesses in both macrostructure and microstructure aspects of narrative abilities. These weaknesses can overlap with children with developmental language disorder (DLD), while showing significant differences compared to typically developing (TD) children, especially in terms of perspective-taking abilities.
APPLIED PSYCHOLINGUISTICS
(2022)
Article
Family Studies
Jacques Philip, Janessa Newman, Joe Bifelt, Cathy Brooks, Inna Rivkin
Summary: Promoting health among Indigenous Peoples through strength-based approaches rooted in their cultures helps counteract the negative effects of rapid social changes. Understanding the perspectives and experiences of youth and adults is crucial in assessing the impacts of health promotion programs in Indigenous communities.
CHILDREN AND YOUTH SERVICES REVIEW
(2022)
Article
Linguistics
Awel Vaughan-Evans
Summary: This study investigated the impact of external non-linguistic cues on language selection in bilinguals. The results showed that participants responded faster and more frequently chose Welsh as their language of choice when a language cue was present. Furthermore, cues in the form of lanyards had a stronger effect on participant performance compared to cues presented as posters. This suggests that external cues can influence language selection in bilinguals and the perceived reliability of the cue can modulate this effect.
BILINGUALISM-LANGUAGE AND COGNITION
(2023)
Article
Education & Educational Research
Jessica Gasiorek, Marko Dragojevic, Laszlo Vincze
Summary: This study examined the impact of growing up in bilingual versus monolingual households on adolescents' language competence and language-related perspective-taking, and how these factors were related to adolescents' language choice. The findings showed that children from bilingual households are more aware of others' linguistic preferences and needs, and are more competent in their language skills. These findings provide new insights into language choice in multilingual contexts.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BILINGUAL EDUCATION AND BILINGUALISM
(2022)