| dc.contributor.advisor | Brady, Nancy | |
| dc.contributor.author | Keller, Juliana | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2012-06-03T15:21:51Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2012-06-03T15:21:51Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2011-12-31 | |
| dc.date.submitted | 2011 | |
| dc.identifier.other | http://dissertations.umi.com/ku:11895 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1808/9776 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Mental state verbs are an important component of social interactions and are often delayed in impaired populations. In this study, mental state verb use by children with fragile X syndrome was examined during spontaneous conversations of 52 children and their mothers. Mental state verb use was related to measures of receptive and expressive language and developmental abilities. Mothers' use of mental state verbs and children's autistic behaviors were not related to children's use of mental state verbs. The results suggest that specific pragmatic impairments in fragile X syndrome influence the use of mental state verbs regardless of the presence of autistic behaviors. | |
| dc.format.extent | 48 pages | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | University of Kansas | |
| dc.rights | This item is protected by copyright and unless otherwise specified the copyright of this thesis/dissertation is held by the author. | |
| dc.subject | Psychology | |
| dc.subject | Autism | |
| dc.subject | Developmental disability | |
| dc.subject | Fragile x syndrome | |
| dc.subject | Language development | |
| dc.subject | Mental state terms | |
| dc.subject | Pragmatics | |
| dc.title | Mental State Verb Use by Children with Fragile X Syndrome | |
| dc.type | Thesis | |
| dc.contributor.cmtemember | Warren, Steven F | |
| dc.contributor.cmtemember | Greenhoot, Andrea F | |
| dc.thesis.degreeDiscipline | Child Language | |
| dc.thesis.degreeLevel | M.A. | |
| kusw.oastatus | na | |
| kusw.oapolicy | This item does not meet KU Open Access policy criteria. | |
| kusw.bibid | 7643393 | |
| dc.rights.accessrights | openAccess | |
