Implications of the Personal Perceptions of Incarcerated Adolescents Concerning Their Own Communicative Competence.

This article compared views of 23 incarcerated and 23 non-incarcerated female adolescents about their performance and knowledge of communication. Although findings on pragmatic practices and on knowledge of conversational rules were similar for the two groups, views of the incarcerated teenagers suggested they did not perceive themselves as conversational problems. Implications for dynamic assessment and interventions are discussed. (Contains references.) (Author/DB)