The German Focus on the Outcomes of Communication under Six (FOCUS-G): Reliability and Validity of a Novel Assessment of Communicative Participation

Autor/inn/en	Neumann, Sandra; Salm, Sandra; Rietz, Christian; Stenneken, Prisca
Titel	The German Focus on the Outcomes of Communication under Six (FOCUS-G): Reliability and Validity of a Novel Assessment of Communicative Participation
Quelle	In: Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 60 (2017) 3, S.675-681 (7 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1092-4388
DOI	10.1044/2016_JSLHR-L-15-0219
Schlagwörter	Preschool Children; Communication (Thought Transfer); Reliability; Validity; Parent Attitudes; Language Impairments; Comparative Analysis; Quality of Life; Measures (Individuals); German; Questionnaires; Correlation; Statistical Analysis; Scores; Construct Validity; Psychometrics; Speech Language Pathology; Clinical Diagnosis; Foreign Countries; Language Acquisition; Germany + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Communication; thought; Kommunikation; Gedanke; Reliabilität; Gültigkeit; Elternverhalten; Speech disorder; Speech disorders; Speech disabilities; Speech disability; Speech handicap; Speech handicaps; Speech impairment; Speech impairments; Language handicaps; Sprachbehinderung; Lebensqualität; Messdaten; Deutscher; Fragebogen; Korrelation; Statistische Analyse; Psychometry; Psychometrie; Ausland; Sprachaneignung; Spracherwerb; Deutschland
Abstract	Purpose: Our purpose was to explore the validity and reliability of the German Focus on the Outcomes of Communication Under Six (FOCUS-G; Thomas-Stonell, Oddson, Robertson, & Rosenbaum, 2010, 2012), which is an authorized adaptation of the Focus on the Outcomes of Communication Under Six (Thomas-Stonell et al., 2010) tool, which measures communicative participation in preschool children. Method: Parents of typically developing children (TDC) and of children with speech impairment (CSI) completed the FOCUS-G and the Questionnaire for Measuring Health-Related Quality of Life in Children (KiddyKINDL; Ravens-Sieberer & Bullinger, 2000). To determine test-retest reliability, the FOCUS-G was readministered to a subsample of parents 1 week later. Results: The FOCUS-G had high values for internal consistency (a = 0.959, O = 0.941), test-retest reliability (intraclass correlation coefficient = 0.974), and split-half reliability (r = 0.832). Total scores on the FOCUS-G and KiddyKINDL demonstrated significant associations. FOCUS-G total scores and subdomain scores for both samples showed significant correlations, indicating good construct validity. The discriminatory ability of the FOCUS-G was indicated by significantly higher mean scores for TDC (M = 6.03, SD = 0.65) than CSI (M = 5.47, SD = 1.02). Conclusion: The overall good psychometric properties of this novel assessment of communicative participation support its use by speech-language pathologists for clinical and research purposes with German-speaking children. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01