Wenche Andersen Helland|Astri J. Lundervold|Mikael Heimann|Maj?Britt Posserud
Stable associations between behavioral problems and language impairments across childhood – The importance of pragmatic language problems
Stord hospital|University of Bergen|Uni Research (Norway)|University of Bergen|Linköping University|Swedish Institute|Haukeland University Hospital|University of Bergen|Uni Research (Norway)
study investigated language function associated behavior problems focusing pragmatics scores childrens communication checklist second edition ccc2 group 40 adolescents 1215 years identified externalizing behavior problems bp childhood compared ccc2 scores typically developing comparison group n37 behavioral emotional language problems assessed strengths difficulties questionnaire sdq 4 language items children bp group 79 years t1 assessed sdq ccc2 1215 years t2 bp group obtained poorer scores 910 subscales ccc2 70 showed language impairments clinical range language emotional peer problems t1 strongly correlated pragmatic language impairments adolescence findings indicate assessment language especially pragmatics vital followup treatment behavioral problems children adolescents