Age and Education Effects on a Novel Syntactic Assessment Battery for Elderly Adults
- 주제(키워드) syntactic assessment battery , sentence comprehension , age effect , education effect , screening linguistic tool
- 주제(기타) Psychology, Multidisciplinary
- 설명문(일반) [Sung, Jee Eun; Choi, Sujin] Ewha Womans Univ, Dept Commun Disorders, Seoul, South Korea; [Ahn, Heekyung; Lee, Kiseop] Purdue Univ, Dept Stat, W Lafayette, IN 47907 USA
- 등재 SSCI, SCOPUS
- 발행기관 FRONTIERS MEDIA SA
- 발행년도 2021
- 총서유형 Journal
- URI http://www.dcollection.net/handler/ewha/000000182232
- 본문언어 영어
- Published As http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.639866
초록/요약
The purpose of this study was to delineate the properties of a novel syntactic assessment battery and to present descriptive data on normal elderly individuals. We administered the Syntactic Assessment Battery (hereinafter SAB) using a sentence-picture paradigm to 195 normal elderly adults in three age groups (60-69, 70-79, and 80-90) and five educational levels (No formal education, Elementary School Graduation, Middle School Graduation, High School Graduation, College Graduation and Above). A multiple linear regression model was applied to verify the age and education effects. A summary of results indicated that the SAB effectively detected age and education effects. People generally demonstrated worse performance as they aged but better performance as their educational levels increased. People with high school education and above generally demonstrated stronger performance on the test, although educational effects were not significantly different between elementary and middle school graduation groups. The current novel syntactic assessment battery can serve as a screening measure that sensitively detects age and education effects.
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