Banca de DEFESA: KAMILLA MARIA ALVES

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STUDENT : KAMILLA MARIA ALVES
DATE: 23/09/2025
TIME: 14:00
LOCAL: Plataforma Google Meet
TITLE:

Socioeconomic status and language development in children born during the COVID-19 pandemic

KEY WORDS:

Language and Hearing Sciences, Language Development; Child Language; Socioeconomic Factors; Social Class; COVID-19.

PAGES: 55
BIG AREA: Ciências da Saúde
AREA: Fonoaudiologia
SUMMARY:

The COVID-19 pandemic, in addition to requiring isolation and social distancing, has sparked debate about how different socioeconomic conditions can impact child development in different ways. Several studies indicate that socioeconomic conditions are related to language development in early childhood. However, different measures are considered to characterise socioeconomic status, such as maternal education and family income, without a consensus on which would be the most appropriate for measuring this aspect. Given this scenario, this dissertation aimed to contribute to this debate in two complementary studies. The first study comprises a scoping review, whose objective is to investigate which measures are used to measure socioeconomic status in studies related to language development. This scoping review was conducted in accordance with the Joanna Briggs Institute proposal and described according to the PRISMA-SCR guidelines. The second study, which was observational and cross-sectional in nature, aimed to compare the linguistic performance of children born in the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic according to their socioeconomic status. Data collection was conducted in a school setting and included both the application of a parental questionnaire to characterise socioeconomic status and family stimulation environment, and language assessment through standardised tests that evaluate phonological and expressive vocabulary skills. The results obtained in this dissertation allow us to contribute to the scientific debate, as well as providing reflections on clinical practice in the area of child language, whether in a clinical setting or in spaces designed to stimulate language development and social interaction.

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
Presidente - 2321749 - ANA MANHANI CACERES
Externa à Instituição - LILIANE PERROUD MIILHER - UFES
Externa à Instituição - MARINA LEITE PUGLISI - UNIFESP