Relations among socioeconomic status, age, and predictors of phonological awareness.

Purpose: This study simultaneously examined predictors of phonological awareness within the framework of 2 theories: the phonological distinctness hypothesis and the lexical restructuring model. Additionally, age as a moderator of the relations between predictor variables and phonological awareness was examined.

Method: This cross-sectional quantitative study included a total of 700 participants between 2 and 5 years of age.