1. Validity and Reliability Study of the Turkish Version of Focus on the Outcomes of Communication Under Six-34.
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Atila-Çağlar, Nazmiye, Noyan-Erbaş, Ayşın, Tığrak, Arcan, and Özcebe, Esra
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EXPERIMENTAL design , *STUTTERING , *STATISTICS , *STATISTICAL reliability , *RESEARCH methodology evaluation , *RESEARCH methodology , *SPEECH disorders , *ONE-way analysis of variance , *MULTITRAIT multimethod techniques , *CRONBACH'S alpha , *PEARSON correlation (Statistics) , *T-test (Statistics) , *COMMUNICATION , *QUESTIONNAIRES , *DATA analysis , *LANGUAGE disorders , *CHILDREN ,RESEARCH evaluation - Abstract
Purpose: Speech and language disorders can negatively affect preschool children’s communicative participation skills. Focus on the Outcomes of Communication Under Six-34 (FOCUS-34) is a valid and reliable scale that evaluates communicative participation in preschool children with speech and language disorders. This study aimed to establish the Turkish version of FOCUS-34 (FOCUS-34-TR) and investigate its validity and reliability. Method: A total of 175 children with language disorders, speech sound disorders, and fluency disorders (aged 20-72 months) and their parents were included in the study. Parents were asked to complete the demographic information form, the FOCUS-34-TR scale, and the Ages and Stages Questionnaires: Social-Emotional (ASQ-SE) Turkish version. The construct validity, convergent and divergent validity, internal consistency, and test-retest reliability of the scale were investigated. Results: The FOCUS-34-TR had high values for internal consistency (α = .97) and test-retest reliability (r = .95). The correlations between the FOCUS-34-TR total score and its subscales were between .77 and .90. A moderately significant negative correlation was found between the FOCUS-34-TR scale and the ASQ-SE. Conclusion: The Turkish version of FOCUS-34 is a valid and reliable scale that can be used in clinics and for research purposes to evaluate the communicative participation skills of Turkish-speaking preschool children with speech and language disorders. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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