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Neumann, Sandra, Salm, Sandra ORCID: 0000-0003-1392-0140, Rietz, Christian and Stenneken, Prisca (2017). The German Focus on the Outcomes of Communication Under Six (FOCUS-G): Reliability and Validity of a Novel Assessment of Communicative Participation. J. Speech Lang. Hear. Res., 60 (3). S. 675 - 682. ROCKVILLE: AMER SPEECH-LANGUAGE-HEARING ASSOC. ISSN 1558-9102

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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 (alpha =.959, Omega =.941), test-retest reliability (intraclass correlation coefficient =.974), and split-half reliability (r =.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.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Neumann, Sandra UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Salm, Sandra UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0003-1392-0140 UNSPECIFIED Rietz, Christian UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Stenneken, Prisca UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-237242
DOI:	10.1044/2016_JSLHR-L-15-0219
Journal or Publication Title:	J. Speech Lang. Hear. Res.
Volume:	60
Number:	3
Page Range:	S. 675 - 682
Date:	2017
Publisher:	AMER SPEECH-LANGUAGE-HEARING ASSOC
Place of Publication:	ROCKVILLE
ISSN:	1558-9102
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language SELF-REPORT INSTRUMENTS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION; PRESCHOOL-CHILDREN; ICF-CY; DISABILITY; HEALTH Multiple languages Audiology & Speech-Language Pathology; Linguistics; Rehabilitation Multiple languages
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/23724