Galeote Miguel, Sebastián Eugenia, Checa Elena, Rey Rocío, Soto Pilar
Departamento de Psicología Evolutiva y de la Educación, Facultad de Psicología, Universidad de Málaga, Málaga, Spain.
J Intellect Dev Disabil. 2011 Sep;36(3):184-96. doi: 10.3109/13668250.2011.599317.
Our main purpose was to compare the lexical development of Spanish children with Down syndrome (DS) and children with typical development (TD) to investigate the relationship between cognitive and vocabulary development in comprehension and oral and gestural production.
Participants were 186 children with DS and 186 children with TD, with a mental age (MA) of 8-29 months and matched on gender and MA. Information about vocabulary was obtained using a new Spanish adaptation of the MacArthur-Bates CDI for children with DS.
No significant differences in oral production were found. Lexical comprehension and gestural production of children with DS were superior. Similar to children with TD, gestural production in children with DS decreased as oral production increased.
Our study provides evidence to support that lexical comprehension and gesture production are strengths in children with DS. With respect to oral production, our results do not support a specific dissociation between cognitive and lexical development.
我们的主要目的是比较患有唐氏综合征(DS)的西班牙儿童和发育正常(TD)的儿童的词汇发展情况,以研究理解能力、口语和手势表达中认知与词汇发展之间的关系。
参与者为186名患有DS的儿童和186名发育正常的儿童,心理年龄(MA)为8至29个月,且在性别和心理年龄上相匹配。使用针对患有DS的儿童新改编的西班牙语版麦克阿瑟-贝茨沟通发展量表(MacArthur-Bates CDI)获取有关词汇的信息。
在口语表达方面未发现显著差异。患有DS的儿童的词汇理解和手势表达能力较强。与发育正常的儿童相似,患有DS的儿童的手势表达随着口语表达的增加而减少。
我们的研究提供了证据支持词汇理解和手势表达是患有DS的儿童的优势。关于口语表达,我们的结果不支持认知与词汇发展之间存在特定的分离。