Inställning till tal och kommunikation hos typiskt utvecklade skolbarn: Utprovning av Självsvarsformulär Om Tal Och Kommunikation

摘要

An instrument for assessing children's attitude towards speech,communication, and communicative participation suitable for children withcleft lip and palate has been missing in speech- and language pathology. Inthe present study a new instrument Självsvarsformulär Om Tal OchKommunikation was tested on typically developed school children. The aimwas to obtain norm values for children in grade 4 and 7 and to examine thereliability and validity of the instrument. 104 children participated. Data wascollected in groups of 5-6 children. These results showed that boys in 4thgrade had a more negative attitude toward speaking and communicating.They also had a lower level of participation than the girls, but no differencebetween genders was found in 7th grade. Comparison between the groupsshowed that children in grade 7 had a more negative attitude towards speechand communication as well as a lower participation level than children ingrade 4. Norm values are now available for this instrument and can becompared with children with cleft lip and palate in future intervention.