The Relationship Between Pragmatic Language and Behavior Subtypes in Typically Developing Children

<p>This study examines the relationship between syntactic and pragmatic language and reticence, solitary-active passive withdrawal, solitary-passive withdrawal, prosocial skills, and likeability. The Children's Communication Checklist (CCC-2), a language checklist, and Teacher Behavior Rating Scale (TBRS), a behavior checklist, were completed by three 2nd-grade teachers and three 4th-grade teachers about each of their students. Factor analysis was used to determine two composite language measures from the CCC-2 scales. The results of two hierarchal regression analyses indicated that social behaviors were significant predictors of pragmatic language, but not structural language. In particular, solitary-passive withdrawal and reticence were significant predictors of pragmatic language deficits.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

MS

Grantor dc:publisher

Brigham Young University - Provo

Author dc:creator

• Christensen, Lisa Jeppson

• Pragmatic language
• withdrawal
• solitary-active
• solitary-passive
• reticence
• prosocial
• likeability
• sociability
• Children's Communication Checklist
• CCC-2
• Teacher Behavior Rating Scale
• TBRS
• Communication Sciences and Disorders

Language dc:language

English

Repository record dc:identifier

https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/1165

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:scholarsarchive.byu.edu:etd-2164