Self-regulation, joint engagement, and vocabulary development in preschool children with and without multi-system developmental delay
| dc.contributor.author | Davison, Jessie Louise | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2013-10-22T01:46:10Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2013-10-22T01:46:10Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2013 | en |
| dc.description.abstract | This study explored relationships between vocabulary size and self-regulation and joint engagement in 28 children with multi-system developmental delay (DD) aged 2;5 (years;months) to 5;6 and a language age-matched control group of 28 typically developing (TD) children aged 0;7 to 5;6 drawn from a larger sample of 77. Parents completed the ABASII, Second Edition (ABASII; Harrison & Oakland, 2003), with the Leisure, Self-direction, and Social subtests serving as measures of self-regulation and joint engagement. Vocabulary size was measured using an adaptation of the New Zealand version of the MacArthur Communicative Development Inventory: Toddlers (CDI; Reese & Read, 2000). Responses to the Language Use Inventory (O'Neill, 2007) were also collected for comparison with the CDI. Group differences on vocabulary size and the ABASII Social and Self-direction subtests were not significant. However, children with multi-system DD scored significantly higher on the Leisure subtest. Data from the children with multi-system DD revealed a medium, positive correlation between the CDI total score and the raw score of the Leisure subtest, r = 0.34, p = 0.075 and for the TD children a strong, positive correlation r = 0.51, p = 0.006. For the children with multi-system DD, there was a medium, positive correlation between the CDI total score and the raw score of the Self-direction subtest, r = 0.39, p = 0.038 and a strong, positive correlation for the TD children, r = 0.52, p = 0.005. Similarly, for the children with multi-system DD there was a medium, positive correlation between the CDI total score and the raw score of the Social subtest, r = 0.41, p = 0.032 and a strong, positive correlation for the TD children, r = 0.63, p < 0.001. The results suggest a positive correlation between self-regulation and joint engagement and vocabulary development in both groups of children. | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10092/8494 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://dx.doi.org/10.26021/6938 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | University of Canterbury. Communication Disorders | en |
| dc.relation.isreferencedby | NZCU | en |
| dc.rights | Copyright Jessie Louise Davison | en |
| dc.rights.uri | https://canterbury.libguides.com/rights/theses | en |
| dc.subject | self-regulation | en |
| dc.subject | joint engagement | en |
| dc.subject | vocabulary development | en |
| dc.subject | preschool children | en |
| dc.subject | developmental delay | en |
| dc.title | Self-regulation, joint engagement, and vocabulary development in preschool children with and without multi-system developmental delay | en |
| dc.type | Theses / Dissertations | |
| thesis.degree.discipline | Speech and Language Sciences | en |
| thesis.degree.grantor | University of Canterbury | en |
| thesis.degree.level | Masters | en |
| thesis.degree.name | Master of Science | en |
| uc.bibnumber | 1959608 | en |
| uc.college | Faculty of Science | en |