Laura M. Justice|Ryan P. Bowles|Joan N. Kaderavek|Teresa A. Ukrainetz|Sarita Eisenberg|Ronald B. Gillam
The Index of Narrative Microstructure: A Clinical Tool for Analyzing School-Age Children’s Narrative Performances
University of Virginia|Google (United States)|University of Virginia|Google (United States)|University of Toledo|Google (United States)|University of Wyoming|Google (United States)|Montclair State University|Google (United States)|The University of Texas at Austin|Google (United States)
research conducted develop clinical toolthe index narrative microstructure inmisthat would parsimoniously account important microstructural aspects narrative production schoolage children study provides field test age gradebased inmis values aid clinicians making normative judgments microstructural aspects pupils narrative performancenarrative samples using singlepicture elicitation context collected 250 children age 512 years transcribed segmented tunits tunit consists single main clause dependent constituents narrative transcripts coded analyzed document comprehensive set microstructural indicesfactor analysis indicated narrative microstructure consisted 2 moderately related factors productivity factor primarily comprised measures word output lexical diversity tunit output complexity factor comprised measures syntactic organization mean length tunits words proportion complex tunits loading strongly principal components analysis used provide linear combination 8 variables approximate 2 factors formulas calculating students performance 2 factors using 8 narrative measures providedthis study provided method professionals calculate inmis scores narrative productivity complexity comparison field test data age 5 12yearold grade kindergarten grade 6 groupings inmis scores complement tools evaluating childs narrative performance specifically language abilities generally