dc.creator | Millager, Ryan Andrew | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-08-22T00:37:28Z | |
dc.date.available | 2012-10-15 | |
dc.date.issued | 2012-10-15 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://etd.library.vanderbilt.edu/etd-04252012-235427 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1803/12222 | |
dc.description.abstract | Purpose: The purpose of this study was to assess attention problems and intratest scatter (variability) of responses to standardized tests of expressive language by preschool-age children who do (CWS) and do not stutter (CWNS).
Method: Participants were 40 preschool-age CWS (30 males) and 46 CWNS (32 males). Between-group comparisons of attention were made using attention subscales of the Child Behavior Checklist for Ages 1 ½ - 5 (CBCL; Achenbach & Rescorla, 2000). Likewise, between-group comparisons of intratest scatter were based on participant responses to the Expressive subtest of the Test of Early Language Development – 3 (TELD-Exp; Hresko, Reid, & Hamill, 1999) and the Expressive Vocabulary Test 2 (EVT-2; Williams, 2007). Furthermore, within-group assessment of the relation between CWS’ scatter and their stuttering frequency was conducted.
Results: Results indicated no significant between-group differences in intratest scatter on the TELD-Exp and EVT-2, nor significant correlations between scatter and Attention Problems on the CBCL. Findings did indicate that for CWS, categorical scatter on the EVT-2 was positively correlated with their stuttering frequency.
Conclusions: Consistent with earlier findings, variability in speech-language performance appears to be related to CWS’ stuttering, suggesting that perhaps some other underlying cognitive-linguistic variable (e.g., cognitive load) may be common to both variables and salient to a better understanding of developmental stuttering. | |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
dc.subject | stuttering | |
dc.subject | scatter | |
dc.title | Expressive language intratest scatter and attention problems of preschool-age children who stutter | |
dc.type | thesis | |
dc.contributor.committeeMember | Tedra A. Walden | |
dc.contributor.committeeMember | Ellen Kelly | |
dc.type.material | text | |
thesis.degree.name | MS | |
thesis.degree.level | thesis | |
thesis.degree.discipline | Hearing and Speech Sciences | |
thesis.degree.grantor | Vanderbilt University | |
local.embargo.terms | 2012-10-15 | |
local.embargo.lift | 2012-10-15 | |
dc.contributor.committeeChair | Edward G. Conture | |