Differences in pragmatic communication skills of adults with intellectual disabilities and dual diagnoses
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Đorđević, Mirjana
Glumbić, Nenad

Brojčin, Branislav

Banković, Slobodan

Žunić Pavlović, Vesna
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Introduction: Pragmatics includes a set of skills related to language structure and meaning that allow the speaker to use the language appropriately and in accordance with different communication situations. The aim of this research was to determine the differences in pragmatic communication skills of adults with intellectual disabilities, dual diagnoses, and typical development, and to determine the effects of gender, age, the level of intellectual functioning and speech comprehension on their achievements on two assessment instruments.
Methods: The sample included 180 adults (60 typically developing participants, 60 with intellectual disabilities, and 60 participants with dual diagnoses). We used two instruments to assess pragmatic communication skills – Communication Checklist – Adult, CC-A, and the Assessment Battery for Communication, ABaCo. In order to test the differences between the three groups of participants, we used canonical discriminant analysis.
Results: Discrimina...nt analysis revealed two significant canonical functions. Function one (speech comprehension and the level of intellectual disability, social engagement, and paralinguistic scale) differentiates between typically developing participants and participants with dual diagnoses the most. The second canonical function (language structure, linguistic scale, paralinguistic scale, extralinguistic scale, and context scale) differentiates between participants with intellectual disabilities and participants with dual diagnoses the most. According to the results, age did not affect pragmatic achievements.
Discussion: Pragmatic skills are very complex, and different instruments measure different dimensions of these abilities. The results of this research lead to the conclusion that we can differentiate between the pragmatic abilities of typically developing people, people with intellectual disabilities, and those with dual diagnoses with the help of the ABaCo battery and the CC-A questionnaire.
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clinical population / comorbidity / pragmatics / intellectual disabililties / dual diagnosisSource:
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rFASPERTY - JOUR AU - Đorđević, Mirjana AU - Glumbić, Nenad AU - Brojčin, Branislav AU - Banković, Slobodan AU - Žunić Pavlović, Vesna PY - 2023 UR - http://rfasper.fasper.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/5017 AB - Introduction: Pragmatics includes a set of skills related to language structure and meaning that allow the speaker to use the language appropriately and in accordance with different communication situations. The aim of this research was to determine the differences in pragmatic communication skills of adults with intellectual disabilities, dual diagnoses, and typical development, and to determine the effects of gender, age, the level of intellectual functioning and speech comprehension on their achievements on two assessment instruments. Methods: The sample included 180 adults (60 typically developing participants, 60 with intellectual disabilities, and 60 participants with dual diagnoses). We used two instruments to assess pragmatic communication skills – Communication Checklist – Adult, CC-A, and the Assessment Battery for Communication, ABaCo. In order to test the differences between the three groups of participants, we used canonical discriminant analysis. Results: Discriminant analysis revealed two significant canonical functions. Function one (speech comprehension and the level of intellectual disability, social engagement, and paralinguistic scale) differentiates between typically developing participants and participants with dual diagnoses the most. The second canonical function (language structure, linguistic scale, paralinguistic scale, extralinguistic scale, and context scale) differentiates between participants with intellectual disabilities and participants with dual diagnoses the most. According to the results, age did not affect pragmatic achievements. Discussion: Pragmatic skills are very complex, and different instruments measure different dimensions of these abilities. The results of this research lead to the conclusion that we can differentiate between the pragmatic abilities of typically developing people, people with intellectual disabilities, and those with dual diagnoses with the help of the ABaCo battery and the CC-A questionnaire. PB - Frontiers Media T2 - Frontiers in Psychiatry T1 - Differences in pragmatic communication skills of adults with intellectual disabilities and dual diagnoses EP - 10 SP - 1 VL - 14 DO - 10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1072736 ER -
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Đorđević, M., Glumbić, N., Brojčin, B., Banković, S.,& Žunić Pavlović, V.. (2023). Differences in pragmatic communication skills of adults with intellectual disabilities and dual diagnoses. in Frontiers in Psychiatry Frontiers Media., 14, 1-10. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1072736
Đorđević M, Glumbić N, Brojčin B, Banković S, Žunić Pavlović V. Differences in pragmatic communication skills of adults with intellectual disabilities and dual diagnoses. in Frontiers in Psychiatry. 2023;14:1-10. doi:10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1072736 .
Đorđević, Mirjana, Glumbić, Nenad, Brojčin, Branislav, Banković, Slobodan, Žunić Pavlović, Vesna, "Differences in pragmatic communication skills of adults with intellectual disabilities and dual diagnoses" in Frontiers in Psychiatry, 14 (2023):1-10, https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1072736 . .