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Professor Kate Cain

Professor, Research Group Lead: Language and Literacy

  1. 2024
  2. Published

    Differential contributions of home literacy, vocabulary and grammar on narrative production and comprehension

    Silva, M. & Cain, K., 1/06/2024, In: European Journal of Psychology of Education. 39, p. 1229–1259

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  3. Forthcoming

    The Influence of Story Character Realism and Theme on Protagonists’ Internal States and Dialogue in Children’s Retells.  

    Russell, S. J., Wang, J. & Cain, K., 19/05/2024, (Accepted/In press) In: Cognitive Development.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  4. Published

    The association between morphological awareness and reading comprehension in children: A systematic review and meta-analysis

    Liu, Y., Groen, M. & Cain, K., 29/02/2024, In: Educational Research Review. 42, 100571.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  5. Published

    The roles of prosody in Chinese-English reading comprehension

    Tong, S. X., Tsui, R. K. Y., Law, N. S. H., Fung, L. S. C., Chiu, M. M. & Cain, K., 28/02/2024, In: Learning and Instruction. 89, 101846.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  6. Forthcoming

    Application of cluster analysis to identify different reader groups through their engagement with a digital reading supplement

    Ma, Y., Ushakova, A. & Cain, K., 24/02/2024, (Accepted/In press) In: Computers and Education.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  7. E-pub ahead of print

    A Children’s Narrative Retells: The Influence of Character Realism and Storybook Theme on Central and Peripheral Detail

    Russell, S. J., Cain, K. & Wang, J., 21/01/2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Early Education and Development.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  8. 2023
  9. Published

    Learning to generalise but not segment an artificial language at 17 months predicts children’s language skills 3 years later

    Monaghan, P., Donnelly, S., Alcock, K., Bidgood, A., Cain, K., Durrant, S., Frost, R., Jago, L., Peter, M., Pine, J. M., Turnbull, H. & Rowland, C., 31/12/2023, In: Cognitive Psychology. 147, 101607, 101607.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  10. Published

    The role of comprehension monitoring in predicting reading comprehension among French immersion children

    Krenca, K., Cain, K., Marinova-Todd, S. H. & Chen, B. X., 2/11/2023, In: Scientific Studies of Reading. 27, 6, p. 475-492

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  11. Published

    The problem of reading motivation multidimensionality: Theoretical and statistical evaluation of a reading motivation scale

    Jeldrez, E., Cain, K., Silva, M. & Strasser, K., 3/10/2023, In: Reading Psychology. 44, 7, p. 853-891 39 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  12. Published

    Developmental differences in children’s generation of knowledge-based inferences

    Currie, N. & Cain, K., 30/09/2023, In: Discourse Processes. 60, 6, p. 440-456 17 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  13. Published

    Text integration processes in children with Childhood Epilepsy with Centro-Temporal Spikes

    Francey, G., Currie, N., Lew, A., de Goede, D. C., Basu, H. & Cain, K., 31/05/2023, In: Epilepsy Research. 192, 11 p., 107136.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  14. Published

    The associations between child and item characteristics, use of vocabulary scaffolds, and reading comprehension in a digital environment: Insights from a big data approach

    Diprossimo, L., Ushakova, A., Zoski, J., Gamble, H., Irey, R. & Cain, K., 30/04/2023, In: Contemporary Educational Psychology. 73, 102165.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  15. Published

    The influence of the temporal characteristics of events on adults' and children's pronoun resolution

    Francey, G. & Cain, K., 31/03/2023, In: Journal of Child Language. 50, 2, p. 391-416 26 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  16. 2022
  17. Published

    Discourse Rules: The Effects of Clause Order Principles on the Reading Process

    Scholman, M., Blything, L., Cain, K., Hoek, J. & Evers-Vermeul, J., 30/11/2022, In: Language, Cognition and Neuroscience. 37, 10, p. 1277-1291 15 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  18. Published

    Impacts of the Let’s Know! Curriculum on the Language and Comprehension-Related Skills of Prekindergarten and Kindergarten Children

    Language and Reading Research Consortium, Lo, M-T. & Xu, M., 31/08/2022, In: Journal of Educational Psychology. 114, 6, p. 1205–1224 20 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  19. Published

    The effect of prompts on the shared reading interactions of parents and children with Down syndrome

    Burgoyne, K. & Cain, K., 31/08/2022, In: International Journal of Disability, Development and Education. 69, 4, p. 1327-1341 15 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  20. Published

    The Animals in Moral Tales: Does Character Realism Influence Children’s Prosocial Response to Stories?

    Russell, S. J. & Cain, K., 31/07/2022, In: Journal of Experimental Child Psychology. 219, 105392.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  21. Published

    Predicting language performance from narrative language samples

    Murphy, KI., Springle, A., Sultani, M., McIlraith, A. & Language and Reading Research Consortium (LARRC), 8/02/2022, In: Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research. 65, 2, p. 775-784 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  22. 2021
  23. Published

    The association of the home literacy environment and parental reading beliefs with oral language growth trajectories of Spanish-English bilingual children.

    Yeomans-Maldonado, G., Mesa, C. & Language and Reading Research Consortium (LARRC), 30/09/2021, In: Early Childhood Research Quarterly. 57, p. 271-284 14 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  24. Published

    Reading for comprehension in individuals with down syndrome, autism spectrum disorder and typical development: Similar or different patterns of ability?

    Roch, M., Cain, K. & Jarrold, C., 22/06/2021, In: Brain Sciences. 11, 7, 17 p., 828.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  25. Published

    Assessment of inference making in children using comprehension questions and story retelling: Effect of text modality and story presentation format

    Freed, J. & Cain, K., 1/06/2021, In: International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders. 56, 3, p. 637-652 16 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  26. Published

    The Process and Product of Coherence Monitoring in Young Readers: Effects of Reader and Text Characteristics

    Currie, N., Francey, G., Davies, R., Gray, S., Bridges, M., Restrepo, M. A., Thompson, M., Ciraolo, M. F., Hu, J. & Cain, K., 31/03/2021, In: Scientific Studies of Reading. 25, 2, p. 141-158 18 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  27. Published

    English and Spanish predictors of grade 3 reading comprehension in bilingual children

    Language and Reading Research Consortium (LARRC), Mesa, C. & Yeomans-Maldonado, G., 17/03/2021, In: Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research. 64, 3, p. 889-908 20 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  28. Published

    Introduction to the Special Issue: Integration: The Keystone of Comprehension

    Cain, K. & Oakhill, J., 3/02/2021, In: Discourse Processes. 58, 1

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineEditorial

  29. Published

    The relations between morphological awareness and reading comprehension in beginner readers through to young adolescents

    James, E., Currie, N., Tong, S. & Cain, K., 1/02/2021, In: Journal of Research in Reading. 44, 1, p. 110-130 21 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  30. 2020
  31. Published

    Symbolic Understanding and Word-Picture-Referent Mapping from iPads in Autism Spectrum Condition: The Roles of Iconicity and Engagement

    Wainwright, B., Allen, M. & Cain, K., 1/08/2020, In: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. 50, p. 2941–2956 16 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  32. Published

    Question Asking During Reading Comprehension Instruction: A Corpus Study of How Question Type Influences the Linguistic Complexity of Primary School Students’ Responses

    Blything, L. P., Hardie, A. & Cain, K., 1/07/2020, In: Reading Research Quarterly. 55, 3, p. 443-472 30 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  33. Published

    The influence of labelling on symbolic understanding and dual representation in autism spectrum condition

    Wainwright, B. R., Allen, M. L. & Cain, K., 1/07/2020, In: Autism and Developmental Language Impairments. 5

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  34. Published

    Children see rabbit, not Peter: Young children’s responses to an Anthropomorphic Picture Scale

    Russell, S. & Cain, K., 1/06/2020, In: Assessment and Development Matters. 12, 2, p. 13-23 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  35. Published

    Narrative comprehension and engagement with e-books vs. paper-books in autism spectrum condition

    Wainwright, B., Allen, M. & Cain, K., 30/04/2020, In: Journal of Autism and Developmental Language Impairments. 5, p. 1-18 18 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  36. 2019
  37. Published

    Children See Rabbit, not Peter; Young Children’s Responses to an Anthropomorphic Picture Scale

    Russell, S. & Cain, K., 17/12/2019. 1 p.

    Research output: Contribution to conference - Without ISBN/ISSN Poster

  38. Published

    Inference making in young children: The concurrent and longitudinal contributions of verbal working memory and vocabulary

    Language and Reading Research Consortium (LARRC), Currie, N. K. & Muijselaar, M. M. L., 30/11/2019, In: Journal of Educational Psychology. 111, 8, p. 1416-1431 16 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  39. Published

    Improving reading comprehension in the primary grades: Mediated effects of a language-focused classroom intervention

    Language and Reading Research Consortium, Jiang, H. & Logan, J., 15/08/2019, In: Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research. 62, 8, p. 2812-2828 17 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  40. Published

    2018 Society for Text and Discourse Annual Meeting: Introduction to the Special Issue

    Oakhill, J. & Cain, K., 4/07/2019, In: Discourse Processes. 56, 5-6, p. 385-385 1 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineEditorialpeer-review

  41. Published

    The role of memory and language ability in children’s production of two-clause sentences containing before and after

    Blything, L. & Cain, K., 1/06/2019, In: Journal of Experimental Child Psychology. 182, p. 61-85 25 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  42. Published

    The Role of Prekindergarten Spanish in Predicting First-Grade English Word Reading Among Dual-Language Learners

    Language and Reading Research Consortium (LARRC), Mesa, C. & Yeomans-Maldonado, G., 1/06/2019, In: Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research. 62, 6, p. 1755-1774 20 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  43. Published

    Going beyond children’s single-text comprehension: The role of fundamental and higher–level skills in 4th graders’ multiple-document comprehension

    Florit, E., Cain, K. & Mason, L., 9/05/2019, In: British Journal of Educational Psychology. 90, 2, p. 449-472 24 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  44. Published

    Cross-sectional Study of the Contribution of Rhetorical Competence to Children’s Expository Text Comprehension between Third- and Sixth-Grade

    Garcia, J. R., Sanchez, E., Cain, K. & Montoya, J. M., 1/04/2019, In: Learning and Individual Differences. 71, p. 31-42 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  45. Published

    The use of questions to scaffold narrative coherence and cohesion

    Silva, M. & Cain, K., 02/2019, In: Journal of Research in Reading. 42, 1, p. 1-17 17 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  46. 2018
  47. Published

    The dimensionality of oral language in kindergarten Spanish-English dual-language learners

    Language and Reading Research Consortium, Yeomans-Maldonado, G., Bengochea, A. & Mesa, C., 11/2018, In: Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research. 61, p. 2779-2795 17 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  48. Published

    Within- and cross-language contributions of morphological awareness to word reading development in Chinese-English bilingual children

    Choi, W., Tong, X., Law, K. S. & Cain, K., 10/2018, In: Reading and Writing. 31, 8, p. 1787-1820 34 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  49. Published

    Are working memory and behavioral attention equally important for both reading and listening comprehension? A developmental comparison

    Language and Reading Research Consortium, Jiang, H. & Farquharson, K., 09/2018, In: Reading and Writing. 31, 7, p. 1449-1477 29 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  50. Published

    The Simple View of Reading across development: the prediction of grade 3 reading comprehension by prekindergarten skills

    Chiu, Y-D. & Language and Reading Research Consortium, 09/2018, In: Remedial and Special Education. 39, 5, p. 289-303 15 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  51. Published

    Children’s problems with inference making: Causes and consequences

    Oakhill, J. & Cain, K., 1/06/2018, In: Bulletin of Educational Psychology. 49, 4, p. 683-699 17 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  52. Published

    Aspects of vocabulary development

    Oakhill, J. V. & Cain, K., 18/04/2018, Oxford : Oxford University Press.

    Research output: Other contribution

  53. Published

    Vocabulary development and reading comprehension: a reciprocal relationship

    Cain, K. & Oakhill, J. V., 18/04/2018, Oxford : Oxford University Press.

    Research output: Other contribution

  54. Published

    Modeling the nature of grammar and vocabulary trajectories from pre-kindergarten to third grade

    Language and Reading Research Consortium, Jiang, H., Logan, J. & Jia, R., 17/04/2018, In: Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research. 61, p. 910-923 14 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  55. Published

    Reading comprehension difficulties in children with rolandic epilepsy

    Currie, N. K., Lew, A. R., Palmer, T. M., Basu, H., De Goede, C., Ayer, A. & Cain, K., 03/2018, In: Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology. 60, 3, p. 275-282 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  56. Published

    Predicting word reading ability: a quantile regression study

    McIlraith, A. & Language and Reading Research Consortium (LARRC), 02/2018, In: Journal of Research in Reading. 41, 1, p. 79-96 18 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  57. Published

    The dimensionality of inference making: Are local and global inferences distinguishable?

    Language and Reading Research Consortium (LARRC) & Muijselaar, M. M. L., 02/2018, In: Scientific Studies of Reading. 22, 2, p. 117-136 20 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

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