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Agreement among parent ratings of children's pragmatic language and social skills

White, Katherine Elaine
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0313-1842
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1461800536

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2016, Master of Arts, Miami University, Speech Pathology and Audiology.
Social (Pragmatic) Communication Disorder (SCD) is a new communication disorder introduced in the DSM-5 (APA, 2013). In light of this disorder, clinicians need to differentiate children whose social interaction difficulties are due to pragmatic language or to social skill deficits. One tool for differentiating these deficits is norm-referenced parent rating scales. This exploratory study examined agreement among pragmatic language and social skill/problem behavior rating scales. Participants included 17 parents of children with clinical diagnoses and 34 parents of typical children. As expected, the clinical group performed below the typical group. Two typical children had social skill/problem behavior deficits. Ratings on similar items across the two scales were examined. Significant differences were found for 9/19 item-pairs. Parents were sensitive to slight differences in item wording and context specificity. Rating scales may assist in delineating underlying cause(s) of interaction deficits. This project was funded by a Miami University Graduate School Thesis Award.
Geralyn Timler (Advisor)
Sarah Watt (Committee Member)
Emily Hasselbeck (Committee Member)
Speech Therapy
pragmatic language; social skills; Social Pragmatic Communication Disorder; rating scales

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  • White, K. E. (2016). Agreement among parent ratings of children's pragmatic language and social skills [Master's thesis, Miami University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1461800536

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • White, Katherine. Agreement among parent ratings of children's pragmatic language and social skills. 2016. Miami University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1461800536.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • White, Katherine. "Agreement among parent ratings of children's pragmatic language and social skills." Master's thesis, Miami University, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1461800536

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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