Citation

Fox L, Long SH, Langlois A. J. Speech Hear. Disord. 1988; 53(3): 239-244.

Affiliation

Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1988, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

3398477

Abstract

The similarity between factors associated with child abuse/neglect and those associated with language disability suggests that maltreated children are a population at risk for language problems. This study investigated the performance of three groups of abused/neglected children and a matched group of nonmaltreated subjects on three tests of language comprehension. Results revealed significant differences among groups for all measures. Severely neglected children obtained the lowest scores on all tests; the abused children consistently obtained lower scores than the controls; and generally neglected children showed the smallest difference in performance from the control group. These findings suggest a model for understanding relationships between abuse/neglect and language disability.

Language: en