Faculty of Psychology, University Complutense of Madrid, Campus de Somosaguas, 28223, Pozuelo de Alarcón, Spain.
Orphanet J Rare Dis. 2024 Mar 1;19(1):95. doi: 10.1186/s13023-024-03016-0.
One of the most challenging linguistic areas in people with Williams Syndrome throughout their evolutionary stage is the development of pragmatic skills. The research conducted so far highlights specific problems concerning adaptation to the linguistic context and interlocutors, language comprehension, as well as other aspects interfering with verbal communication. However, until now, most scientific evidence has been based on personal assessments of this group. In a complementary manner, the goal of this study was to discover the level of pragmatic skills of people with Williams Syndrome from the point of view of the families. The sample consisted of 34 families belonging to the Williams Syndrome Association of Spain. The assessment instrument was the pragmatic awareness questionnaire, which includes 26 items related to different aspects that are part of the pragmatic area on a Likert-type scale.
The results indicate that, families consider there to be a regular to low level in all the areas assessed. The strong points seem to lie in the paralinguistic aspects, while the weakest factors are those related to the understanding of figurative language.
Therefore, it is necessary to continue insisting on the importance of language intervention in this group throughout its development to improve its level of linguistic competence.
在整个进化阶段，患有威廉姆斯综合征的人群中最具挑战性的语言领域之一是语用技能的发展。迄今为止进行的研究强调了与语言环境和对话者适应、语言理解以及其他干扰言语交际的方面有关的具体问题。然而，到目前为止，大多数科学证据都基于对该群体的个人评估。作为一种补充方式，本研究的目的是从家庭的角度发现患有威廉姆斯综合征人群的语用技能水平。样本由 34 个来自西班牙威廉姆斯综合征协会的家庭组成。评估工具是语用意识问卷，其中包括 26 个与语用领域相关的项目，采用李克特量表的形式。
结果表明，家庭认为所有评估领域的水平都在正常到低水平之间。强项似乎在于副语言方面，而最弱的因素则与对隐喻语言的理解有关。
因此，有必要继续强调在该群体的整个发展过程中进行语言干预的重要性，以提高其语言能力水平。
