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

Scandinavian Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychology

Volume 7 (2019): Issue 1 (January 2019)

By:

Edel Brenne and Tormod Rimehaug

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|Apr 2019

Figures & Tables

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

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

	Anx	Wdr	Som	Social	Tho	Att	Rul	Agg
A Speech	−0.116	−0.178	0.106	−0.228	−0.120	−0.176	−0.087	−0.058
B Syntax	−0.173	−0.019	0.135	−0.044	0.226	0.067	0.087	0.095
C Inappropriate Initiation	−0.177	−0.198	−0.091	−0.390**	−0.372**	−0.279*	−0.110	−0.153
D Coherence	−0.271*	−0.231	0.002	−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*	−0.223	0.036	−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 Composite	PLI ANOVA
Anxious/Depressed	r = 0.34, p = 0.003	F = 9.996 p = 0.002
Withdrawn/Depressed	r = 0.32, p = 0.008	F = 5.565 p = 0.021
Somatic Complaints	r = 0.02, p = 0.877	F = 0.058 p = 0.811
Social Problems	r = 0.47, p < 0.001	F = 16.295 p < 0.001
Thought Problems	r = 0.38, p = 0.001	F = 8.834 p = 0.004
Attention Problems	r = 0.29, p = 0.013	F = 3.739 p = 0.057
Rule-Breaking Behavior	r = 0.15, p = 0.206	F = 1.706 p = 0.196
Aggressive Behavior	r = 0.19, p = 0.116	F = 2.498 p = 0.118

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21307/sjcapp-2019-001 | Journal eISSN: 2245-8875

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Language: English

Page range: 3 - 12

Published on: Apr 12, 2019

Published by: Psychiatric Research Unit

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Keywords:

Pragmatic impairment,

mental health problems,

Related subjects:

Basic medical science,

Basic medical science, other

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