Assessing Measurement Invariance for Spanish Sentence Repetition and Morphology Elicitation Tasks

Autor/inn/en	Kapantzoglou, Maria; Thompson, Marilyn S.; Gray, Shelley; Restrepo, M. Adelaida
Titel	Assessing Measurement Invariance for Spanish Sentence Repetition and Morphology Elicitation Tasks
Quelle	In: Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 59 (2016) 2, S.254-266 (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
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Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1092-4388
DOI	10.1044/2015_JSLHR-L-14-0319
Schlagwörter	Grammar; Sentences; Repetition; Morphology (Languages); Construct Validity; Spanish; Screening Tests; Language Impairments; Spanish Speaking; Factor Analysis; Comparative Analysis; Children; Language Skills; Measurement Techniques + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Grammatik; Sentence analysis; Satzanalyse; Wiederholung; Morphology; Morphologie; Spanisch; Screening-Verfahren; Speech disorder; Speech disorders; Speech disabilities; Speech disability; Speech handicap; Speech handicaps; Speech impairment; Speech impairments; Language handicaps; Sprachbehinderung; Faktorenanalyse; Child; Kind; Kinder; Language skill; Sprachkompetenz; Messtechnik
Abstract	Purpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate evidence supporting the construct validity of two grammatical tasks (sentence repetition, morphology elicitation) included in the Spanish Screener for Language Impairment in Children (Restrepo, Gorin, & Gray, 2013). We evaluated if the tasks measured the targeted grammatical skills in the same way across predominantly Spanish-speaking children with typical language development and those with primary language impairment. Method: A multiple-group, confirmatory factor analytic approach was applied to examine factorial invariance in a sample of 307 predominantly Spanish-speaking children (177 with typical language development; 130 with primary language impairment). The 2 newly developed grammatical tasks were modeled as measures in a unidimensional confirmatory factor analytic model along with 3 well-established grammatical measures from the Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals--Fourth Edition, Spanish (Wiig, Semel, & Secord, 2006). Results: Results suggest that both new tasks measured the construct of grammatical skills for both language-ability groups in an equivalent manner. Conclusions: There was no evidence of bias related to children's language status for the Spanish Screener for Language Impairment in Children Sentence Repetition or Morphology Elicitation tasks. Results provide support for the validity of the new tasks as measures of grammatical skills. (As Provided).
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