Investigating early shared book reading impacts on infant's language, cognitive and personal social development: Babies at risk due to socioeconomic conditions

ÖKTEN, Ö., Investigating Early Shared Book Reading Impacts on Infant's Language, Cognitive and Personal Social Development: Babies at Risk Due to Socioeconomic Conditions, Hacettepe University Graduate School of Health Sciences, Child Development, and Education Program Master Thesis, Ankara 2022. This study aimed to show that early shared book reading has a positive effect on the language, cognitive and personal-social development of children who are at risk in terms of socioeconomic conditions. In addition, it aimed to increase the book reading skills and shared book reading awareness of the mothers who participated in the mother-infant early book-sharing support program. The working group includes babies between 6-24 months and their mothers registered in Kaletepe Healthy Living Center affiliated with the Ministry of Health. The study group consists of an experimental group of 10 people and a control group of 10. The research was tested using an experimental design with pre-test and post-test groups. The researcher applied the TİGE I-II, ASQ, and Babyhood (8-24 Months) Shared Book Reading Skill Development Evaluation Form to the participants as a pre-test and post-test. In addition, survey questions about the support program were given to mothers and their answers were recorded. In the study, the Early Shared Book Reading Support Program was applied to the experimental group of 10 people and no support program was applied to the control group of 10 people. ASQ (Ages and Stages: Questionnaire), TİGE (Turkish Communication Behavior Development Inventory) I, II, Babyhood (8-24 Months) Shared Book Reading Skill Development Evaluation Form were used to collect the research data. According to the findings obtained as a result of the research, the shared book reading support program has a positive and significant effect on the language, cognitive and personal social development of infants.