Speech Impairments Explain Unique Variance in Adaptive Behavior Skills in Young People With Down Syndrome
| Autor: | Liv S. Clasen, Elizabeth I. Adeyemi, Nancy Raitano Lee, Catherine Stephan |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Linguistics and Language
Down syndrome Adolescent Speech Disorders Adaptive functioning 03 medical and health sciences Speech and Hearing 0302 clinical medicine Adaptation Psychological Developmental and Educational Psychology medicine Humans Speech Language Development Disorders 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences 050102 behavioral science & comparative psychology Child Research Notes Adaptive behavior 05 social sciences Cognition Variance (accounting) medicine.disease Otorhinolaryngology Down Syndrome Psychology 030217 neurology & neurosurgery Cognitive psychology |
| Zdroj: | Am J Speech Lang Pathol |
| ISSN: | 1558-9110 1058-0360 |
| Popis: | Background Down syndrome (DS) is a disorder characterized by impairments in global cognitive abilities and adaptive function. In addition, individuals with DS demonstrate pronounced speech and language deficits. However, little is known about the linguistic correlates of impaired adaptive functioning in DS. Method Using the Adaptive Behavior Assessment System–Second Edition and the Children's Communication Checklist–Second Edition (CCC-2), this study investigated the unique variance in adaptive skills accounted for by speech and language impairments in individuals with DS ( N = 29, M age = 13.46). Results Pearson correlations revealed that a composite of CCC-2 structural language scales, but not pragmatic language scales, was significantly correlated with the Adaptive Behavior Assessment System–Second Edition Global Adaptive Composite, Conceptual, and Practical domains. Further investigation utilizing hierarchical regression analyses identified only the Speech scale on the CCC-2 as contributing unique variance to the prediction of adaptive behavior scores in the Global Adaptive Composite, Conceptual, and Practical domains. Conclusion Speech impairments may serve as flags to identify children with DS who are at risk for adaptive behavior deficits and reinforce the need for speech-language therapies that focus on speech for these individuals. Supplemental Material https://doi.org/10.23641/asha.13231985 |
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