Macrostructural Narrative Language of Adolescents and Young Adults with Down Syndrome or Fragile X Syndrome

Autor/inn/en	Finestack, Lizbeth H.; Palmer, Meghan; Abbeduto, Leonard
Titel	Macrostructural Narrative Language of Adolescents and Young Adults with Down Syndrome or Fragile X Syndrome
Quelle	In: American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 21 (2012) 1, S.29-46 (18 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1058-0360
DOI	10.1044/1058-0360(2011/10-0095)
Schlagwörter	Down Syndrome; Young Adults; Adolescents; Genetic Disorders; Language Skills; Expressive Language; Children; Comparative Analysis; Language Acquisition; Cognitive Ability; Verbal Ability + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? 'Downs Syndrome; Down''s Syndrome'; Down-Syndrom; Young adult; Junger Erwachsener; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Language skill; Sprachkompetenz; Child; Kind; Kinder; Sprachaneignung; Spracherwerb; Denkfähigkeit; Mündliche Leistung
Abstract	Purpose: To gain a better understanding of language abilities, the expressive macrostructural narrative language abilities of verbally expressive adolescents and young adults with Down syndrome (DS) and those with fragile X syndrome (FXS) were examined. Method: The authors evaluated 24 adolescents and young adults with DS, 12 male adolescents and young adults with FXS, and 21 younger children with typical development (TD). Narrative samples were assessed at the macrostructural level using the narrative scoring scheme (Heilmann, Miller, Nockerts, & Dunaway, 2010). Three group comparisons were made using (a) the full sample matched on nonverbal mental age, (b) a subset of the participants individually matched on nonverbal mental age, and (c) a subset of participants individually matched on mean length of utterance. Results: Study analyses revealed that the DS and FXS groups significantly outperformed the TD group on a limited number of narrative scoring scheme measures. No significant differences emerged between the DS and FXS groups. Conclusions: The study's results suggest that some aspects of macrostructural narrative language may be relative strengths for adolescents and young adults with DS and those with FXS. These results can be used to create more nuanced and informed approaches to assessment and intervention for these populations. (Contains 1 figure and 4 tables.) (As Provided).
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