A Developmental Vocabulary Assessment for Parents (DVAP): Validating Parental Report of Vocabulary Size in 2- to 7-Year-Old Children

Autor/inn/en	Libertus, Melissa E.; Odic, Darko; Feigenson, Lisa; Halberda, Justin
Titel	A Developmental Vocabulary Assessment for Parents (DVAP): Validating Parental Report of Vocabulary Size in 2- to 7-Year-Old Children
Quelle	In: Journal of Cognition and Development, 16 (2015) 3, S.442-454 (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1524-8372
DOI	10.1080/15248372.2013.835312
Schlagwörter	Vocabulary; Language Tests; Young Children; Parents; Test Validity; Test Reliability; Predictive Validity; Expressive Language; Receptive Language; Scores; Questionnaires; MacArthur Communicative Development Inventory; Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Wortschatz; Language test; Sprachtest; Frühe Kindheit; Eltern; Testvalidität; Testreliabilität; Rezeptive Kommunikationsfähigkeit; Fragebogen
Abstract	Measuring individual differences in children's emerging language abilities is important to researchers and clinicians alike. The 2 most widely used methods for assessing children's vocabulary both have limitations: Experimenter-administered tests are time-consuming and expensive, and parent questionnaires have only been designed for children up to 37 months of age. Here, we test the validity of a new assessment to fill this gap: the Developmental Vocabulary Assessment for Parents (DVAP). In 4 experiments, we assess the reliability of this measure and its concurrent and predictive validity in samples of 2- to 7-year-old children. We found that the DVAP provides a rapid, cost-effective alternative to experimenter-administered vocabulary tests for children. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01