Do typically developing Croatian preschool children have "typical" communication?

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Croatian review of rehabilitation research, Vol. 52 No. 2, 2016.

Original scientific paper

https://doi.org/10.31299/hrri.52.2.1

Do typically developing Croatian preschool children have "typical" communication?

Kristina Kljunić
Maja Cepanec
Sanja Šimleša

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APA 6th Edition

Kljunić, K., Cepanec, M. & Šimleša, S. (2016). Do typically developing Croatian preschool children have "typical" communication?. Hrvatska revija za rehabilitacijska istraživanja, 52 (2), 0-0. https://doi.org/10.31299/hrri.52.2.1

MLA 8th Edition

Kljunić, Kristina, et al. "Do typically developing Croatian preschool children have "typical" communication?." Hrvatska revija za rehabilitacijska istraživanja, vol. 52, no. 2, 2016, pp. 0-0. https://doi.org/10.31299/hrri.52.2.1. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.

Chicago 17th Edition

Kljunić, Kristina, Maja Cepanec and Sanja Šimleša. "Do typically developing Croatian preschool children have "typical" communication?." Hrvatska revija za rehabilitacijska istraživanja 52, no. 2 (2016): 0-0. https://doi.org/10.31299/hrri.52.2.1

Harvard

Kljunić, K., Cepanec, M., and Šimleša, S. (2016). 'Do typically developing Croatian preschool children have "typical" communication?', Hrvatska revija za rehabilitacijska istraživanja, 52(2), pp. 0-0. https://doi.org/10.31299/hrri.52.2.1

Vancouver

Kljunić K, Cepanec M, Šimleša S. Do typically developing Croatian preschool children have "typical" communication?. Hrvatska revija za rehabilitacijska istraživanja [Internet]. 2016 [cited 2024 December 22];52(2). https://doi.org/10.31299/hrri.52.2.1

IEEE

K. Kljunić, M. Cepanec and S. Šimleša, "Do typically developing Croatian preschool children have "typical" communication?", Hrvatska revija za rehabilitacijska istraživanja, vol.52, no. 2, pp. 0-0, 2016. [Online]. https://doi.org/10.31299/hrri.52.2.1

Abstract

The characteristics of verbal communication, nonverbal communication, and pragmatics are largely determined by the culture and social expectations of a particular society. The evaluation of communication features is important in the diagnostics of numerous developmental disorders, particularly autism spectrum disorder, and in recent years the need for the cultural adaptation of both screening and diagnostics scales for autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is emphasized. The aim of this study was to investigate the characteristics of verbal communication, nonverbal communication, and pragmatics in Croatian typically developing preschool children (5- and 6-year-olds), and code them according to the American scale Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule (ADOS-2, module 3). The results showed that Croatian preschool children show typical features of verbal communication (characteristics of language production and speech), but show some atypical features in non-verbal communication, and, to a large extent, atypical features of pragmatics. The differences are mostly noticed in the amount of spontaneous use of gestures and all pragmatics variables that take into account the amount of initiatives in communication (e.g., spontaneously asking for information or giving information). For example, only 15% of the children in the sample requested information at a frequency that is expected by code 0 (typical behavior) of ADOS-2. Although significant individual differences were observed among the children, the amount of “deviating” behavioral characteristics of non-verbal communication and pragmatics emphasizes the need to review the set of codes and adjust criteria in different cultures.

Keywords

verbal communication; nonverbal communication; pragmatics; preschool children; ADOS-2

Hrčak ID:

171308

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/171308

Publication date:

27.12.2016.

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