Verbal fluency in Lebanese children: Preliminary normative data, sociodemographic determinants, and patterns of clustering and switching

Autor: Marwa Summaka, Fatima Jebahi, Zahra Al-Thalaya, Salma Assaf, Zeinab Al-Kammouni, Hanan Al Zein, Rayan Haidar, Jana Kresht, Fatima El Zahraa Hassan, Walaa Matar, Hiba Kawtharani, Hiba Kassir
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Applied neuropsychology. Child.
ISSN: 2162-2973
Popis: This study assessed the quantitative and qualitative performance of Lebanese-speaking children on verbal fluency (VF) tasks and investigated the effects of sociodemographic characteristics. This study included 219 Lebanese children aged between 5 and 12 years and 11 months, whose native language is Lebanese-Arabic. Semantic and letter VF tasks were assessed using a range of categories and letters. Switching and clustering strategies were analyzed for 177 Lebanese children. The number of words produced presented a significant increase with age (
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