Communication Skills of Roma and Non-Roma Mothers and Receptive Language Levels of Their Children
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Published:2012-09-01
Issue:8
Volume:40
Page:1357-1363
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ISSN:0301-2212
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Container-title:Social Behavior and Personality: an international journal
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language:en
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Short-container-title:soc behav pers
Author:
Orçan Maide,Çiçekler Canan Yildiz,Aral Neriman
Abstract
The communication skills of Roma and non-Roma mothers and the receptive language levels of their children were compared. The analysis was based on a relational scanning model, and conducted on 28 Roma and 29 non-Roma mothers and their children aged between 5 and 6 years, who live in
Konya, Turkey. The Communication Skills Rating Scale (Korkut, 1996) and the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test (PPVT; Dunn, 1959) were used and data were assessed using the Mann-Whitney U test. Results indicate that in terms of communication skills of mothers, and their children's receptive language
levels, non-Roma mothers and their children have using significantly higher skill levels.
Publisher
Scientific Journal Publishers Ltd
Subject
Social Psychology