Chronological age and receptive vocabulary of persons with Down syndrome.

Full Abstract

The Test de Vocabulaire en Images (the French version of the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test) and the Columbia Mental Maturity Scale were administered to 29 participants with Down syndrome aged 6.1 yr. to 13.0 yr. Analysis indicated a significant association between chronological age and the Test de Vocabulaire en Images mental age. This finding seems to suggest that the relationship between chronological age and the receptive vocabulary of persons with mental retardation is not specific to etiology.

Author information

Author/s: Facon, B (B); Grubar, J C (JC); Gardez, C (C);

Affiliation: Université Charles De Gaulle-Lille III, Laboratoire des Acquisitions Cognitives et Linguistiques, Tourcoing, France.

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article

Journal: Psychological reports (Psychol Rep), published in UNITED STATES. (Language: eng)

Reference: 1998-Jun; vol 82 (issue 3 Pt 1) : pp 723-6

Dates: Created 1998/08/27; Completed 1998/08/27; Revised 2004/11/17;

PMID: 9676481, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 2/18/2009, IMS Date: )

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