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Pragmatic language impairment general and specific associations to mental health symptom dimensions in a child psychiatric sample


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FIGURE 1.

Prevalence rates of Pragmatic Language Impairment - PLI (Child Communication Checklist - PC-score < 140) within groups defined by T-score > 70 on CBCL problem scales (Child Behavioral Checklist) and within two reference samples from child psychiatry and the community (17) * Significant contrasts (χ2-test, p < 0.05) to subjects with any CBCL-scale T>70 [*] ¤ Significant contrasts (χ2 -test, p < 0.05) to subjects with no CBCL-scale T>70 [¤] # Significant contrasts (χ2 -test, p < 0.05) to community children; Helland et al. (17) [#] @ Total clinical sample
Prevalence rates of Pragmatic Language Impairment - PLI (Child Communication Checklist - PC-score < 140) within groups defined by T-score > 70 on CBCL problem scales (Child Behavioral Checklist) and within two reference samples from child psychiatry and the community (17) * Significant contrasts (χ2-test, p < 0.05) to subjects with any CBCL-scale T>70 [*] ¤ Significant contrasts (χ2 -test, p < 0.05) to subjects with no CBCL-scale T>70 [¤] # Significant contrasts (χ2 -test, p < 0.05) to community children; Helland et al. (17) [#] @ Total clinical sample

FIGURE 2.

Scatterplot between parental Pragmatic Composite scores and CBCL Social problems T-scores. Cutoff-line for PLI and regression line for the correlation
Scatterplot between parental Pragmatic Composite scores and CBCL Social problems T-scores. Cutoff-line for PLI and regression line for the correlation

Correlations between CBCL problem scales and CCC subscales

AnxWdrSomSocialThoAttRulAgg
A Speech−0.116−0.1780.106−0.228−0.120−0.176−0.087−0.058
B Syntax−0.173−0.0190.135−0.0440.2260.0670.0870.095
C Inappropriate Initiation−0.177−0.198−0.091−0.390**−0.372**−0.279*−0.110−0.153
D Coherence−0.271*−0.2310.002−0.323**−0.143−0.298*−0.058−0.082
E Stereotyped Conversation−0.237*−0.245*0.027−0.294*−0.331**−0.126−0.116−0.124
F Use of context−0.303*−0.2230.036−0.473**−0.317**−0.246*−0.235*−0.263*
G Rapport−0.191−0.252*−0.102−0.212−0.304*−0.151.026−0.033
H Social Relationships−0.352**−0.487**−0.024−0.614**−0.417**−0.368**−0.416**−0.457**
I Interests−0.248*−0.489**0.051−0.227−0.303**−0.107−0.116−0.240*

Parent-reported ‘Pragmatic Composite’ scores (PC-scores) correlated with CBSL symptom scale scores, and the difference in CBCL symptom scores between groups with pragmatic language impairment prevalence and not (defined by PC-scores below 140)

ASEBA-scales:Pragmatic CompositePLI ANOVA
Anxious/Depressedr = 0.34, p = 0.003F = 9.996 p = 0.002
Withdrawn/Depressedr = 0.32, p = 0.008F = 5.565 p = 0.021
Somatic Complaintsr = 0.02, p = 0.877F = 0.058 p = 0.811
Social Problemsr = 0.47, p < 0.001F = 16.295 p < 0.001
Thought Problemsr = 0.38, p = 0.001F = 8.834 p = 0.004
Attention Problemsr = 0.29, p = 0.013F = 3.739 p = 0.057
Rule-Breaking Behaviorr = 0.15, p = 0.206F = 1.706 p = 0.196
Aggressive Behaviorr = 0.19, p = 0.116F = 2.498 p = 0.118
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Angielski
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Volume Open
Dziedziny czasopisma:
Medicine, Basic Medical Science, other