ERIC Number: EJ1139452
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Publication Date: 2017-May
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The German Focus on the Outcomes of Communication under Six (FOCUS-G): Reliability and Validity of a Novel Assessment of Communicative Participation
Neumann, Sandra; Salm, Sandra; Rietz, Christian; Stenneken, Prisca
Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, v60 n3 p675-681 Mar 2017
Purpose: Our purpose was to explore the validity and reliability of the German Focus on the Outcomes of Communication Under Six (FOCUS-G; Thomas-Stonell, Oddson, Robertson, & Rosenbaum, 2010, 2012), which is an authorized adaptation of the Focus on the Outcomes of Communication Under Six (Thomas-Stonell et al., 2010) tool, which measures communicative participation in preschool children. Method: Parents of typically developing children (TDC) and of children with speech impairment (CSI) completed the FOCUS-G and the Questionnaire for Measuring Health-Related Quality of Life in Children (KiddyKINDL; Ravens-Sieberer & Bullinger, 2000). To determine test-retest reliability, the FOCUS-G was readministered to a subsample of parents 1 week later. Results: The FOCUS-G had high values for internal consistency (a = 0.959, O = 0.941), test-retest reliability (intraclass correlation coefficient = 0.974), and split-half reliability (r = 0.832). Total scores on the FOCUS-G and KiddyKINDL demonstrated significant associations. FOCUS-G total scores and subdomain scores for both samples showed significant correlations, indicating good construct validity. The discriminatory ability of the FOCUS-G was indicated by significantly higher mean scores for TDC (M = 6.03, SD = 0.65) than CSI (M = 5.47, SD = 1.02). Conclusion: The overall good psychometric properties of this novel assessment of communicative participation support its use by speech-language pathologists for clinical and research purposes with German-speaking children.
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Communication (Thought Transfer), Reliability, Validity, Parent Attitudes, Language Impairments, Comparative Analysis, Quality of Life, Measures (Individuals), German, Questionnaires, Correlation, Statistical Analysis, Scores, Construct Validity, Psychometrics, Speech Language Pathology, Clinical Diagnosis, Foreign Countries, Language Acquisition
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Identifiers - Location: Germany
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