Predictors of Verbal Working Memory in Children with Cerebral Palsy

Autor/inn/en	Peeters, Marieke; Verhoeven, Ludo; de Moor, Jan
Titel	Predictors of Verbal Working Memory in Children with Cerebral Palsy
Quelle	In: Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 30 (2009) 6, S.1502-1511 (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0891-4222
DOI	10.1016/j.ridd.2009.07.014
Schlagwörter	Intelligence; Speech Impairments; Structural Equation Models; Phonological Awareness; Cerebral Palsy; Auditory Perception; Short Term Memory; Grade 1; Elementary School Students; Foreign Countries; Verbal Ability; Speech Communication; Correlation; Predictor Variables; Netherlands + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Intelligenz; Klugheit; Speech impairment; Speech handicap; Speech handicaps; Language handicps; Language impairments; Sprachbehinderung; Hirnlähmung; Auditive Wahrnehmung; Akustische Wahrnehmung; Akustik; Kurzzeitgedächtnis; School year 01; 1. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 01; Ausland; Mündliche Leistung; Korrelation; Prädiktor; Niederlande
Abstract	The goal of the present study was to examine the precursors of verbal working memory in 52 children with cerebral palsy with varying degrees of speech impairments in the first grade of special education. Following Baddeley's model of working memory, children's verbal working memory was measured by means of a forced-recognition task. As precursors of verbal working memory, measures of intelligence, speech rate, speech intelligibility, auditory perception, and phonological awareness were also administered. Correlations were computed between all measures followed by Structural Equation Modeling analyses with speech rate and speech intelligibility being identified as a single factor "speech". The results revealed that verbal working memory was mostly predicted by intelligence, auditory perception and speech ability. It was also found that children with cerebral palsy with additional intellectual and speech impairments were at risk for limited verbal working memory spans. (Contains 1 figure and 2 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10