ERIC Number: EJ971858
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Publication Date: 2012
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Factor Structure of the Serbian Version of the Children's Communication Checklist-2
Glumbic, Nenad; Brojcin, Branislav
Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, v33 n5 p1352-1359 Sep-Oct 2012
Keeping in mind that traditional tests were largely insensitive to pragmatic impairment, Bishop (2003) created a second version of the "Children's Communication Checklist" (CCC-2) in order to identify pragmatic deficits in children with communication problems. Unfortunately, it was revealed that certain subscales of the Serbian version of the CCC-2 have unacceptably low internal consistency. Because dividing the test into original subscales did not apply for the Serbian population, the aim of this paper was to determine the factor structure of the CCC-2. The sample consisted of 1344 typically developing, monolingual participants of both sexes, aged from 4 to 17 (M = 9.52; SD = 2.72). Participants were recruited from three statistical regions in Serbia. All participants attended regular kindergarten, elementary or secondary schools. CCC-2 factor analysis was determined by using the principal component method, with Varimax rotation of principal axes. A factor analysis showed that the CCC-2 had three factors (General Communication Ability, Pragmatics and Structural Language Aspects), which accounted for 29.39% of the total variance. A three-factor solution should be further confirmed in the course of a clinical validation of the CCC-2. (Contains 5 tables.)
Descriptors: Factor Structure, Check Lists, Foreign Countries, Factor Analysis, Test Reliability, Children, Adolescents, Communication Problems, Monolingualism, Kindergarten, Elementary School Students, Secondary School Students, Structural Linguistics, Pragmatics
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education; Kindergarten
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Language: English
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