Methodological adaptations for investigating the perceptions of language-impaired adolescents regarding the relative importance of selected communication skills

Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics

Volumn 20, Issue 7-8, 2006, Pages 573-582

  Reed, Vicki A ^a,b   Brammall, Helen ^b  

^a JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Communication skills; Language disorder; Language impaired adolescents; Q sort; Questionnaire methodology

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; METHODOLOGY; PEER GROUP; PERCEPTION; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING;

ADOLESCENT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COGNITION; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; LANGUAGE THERAPY; LINGUISTICS; MALE; METAPHOR; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; VOCABULARY;

EID: 33750285646     PISSN: 02699206     EISSN: 14645076     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699200500266521     Document Type: Conference Paper

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