Communication skills of Roma and non-Roma mothers and receptive language levels of their children

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Maide Orçan
Canan Yıldız Çiçekler
Neriman Aral
Cite this article:  Orçan, M., Çiçekler, C., & Aral, N. (2012). Communication skills of Roma and non-Roma mothers and receptive language levels of their children. Social Behavior and Personality: An international journal, 40(8), 1357-1364.


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The communication skills of Roma and non-Roma mothers and the receptive language levels of their children were compared. The analysis was based on a relational scanning model, and conducted on 28 Roma and 29 non-Roma mothers and their children aged between 5 and 6 years, who live in Konya, Turkey. The Communication Skills Rating Scale (Korkut, 1996) and the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test (PPVT; Dunn, 1959) were used and data were assessed using the Mann-Whitney U test. Results indicate that in terms of communication skills of mothers, and their children’s receptive language levels, non-Roma mothers and their children have using significantly higher skill levels.

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