Conti-Ramsden, G. and Durkin, Kevin and Simkin, Z. (2010) Language and social factors in the use of cell phone technology by adolescents with and without specific language impairment (SLI). Journal of Speech, Language and Hearing Research, 53 (1). pp. 196-208. ISSN 1092-4388Full text not available in this repository. Request a copy from the Strathclyde author
Purpose: This study aimed to compare cell phone use (both oral and text-based) by adolescents with and without specific language impairment (SLI) and examine the extent to which language and social factors affect frequency of use. Method: Both interview and diary methods were used to compare oral and text-based communication using cell phones by 17-year-olds: 52 adolescents with SLI and 52 typically developing (TD) peers. Results: Overall, adolescents with SLI are motivated users of mobile technology, and they engage with both oral uses (phoning) and text-based uses (text messaging). However, adolescents with SLI do not exchange text messages as often as their TD peers. Social rather than language factors are associated with frequency of cell phone use in adolescence. Conclusions: These findings indicate that social difficulties restrict text-based uses of cell phones by adolescents with SLI, which can in turn reduce the opportunities that these adolescents have to develop social networks and make arrangements to engage in peer social interaction.
|Keywords:||cell phones, language, social factors, adolescence, specific language impairment, SLI, Psychology, Speech and Hearing|
|Subjects:||Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > Psychology|
|Department:||Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (HaSS) > School of Psychological Science and Health > Psychology|
|Depositing user:||Miss Lisa McWhinnie|
|Date Deposited:||07 Jul 2010 10:12|
|Last modified:||22 Mar 2017 11:09|