Nicola Botting|Gina Conti?Ramsden
The role of language, social cognition, and social skill in the functional social outcomes of young adolescents with and without a history of SLI
University of Northampton|University of Manchester
social skill language known relate least example specific language impairment sli however research examining trend conducted young primary school age children nature relationships unclear furthermore little known young people general social difficulties whether language social cognition social skills directly associated age study large cohort made young people history sli n 134 typically developing td group n 124 age followed final year compulsory schooling aged 16 language social cognition social skills functional social outcomes friendships levels social activity assessed using tasks questionnaires modest associations found social cognition language social behaviours strongest language social cognition regression analyses showed combined group adolescents functional social outcomes associated expressive language social skill social cognitive ability however patterns differed groups analysed separately social cognition playing role sli findings suggest poor language may play complex role adolescents social development