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Language, Social Behavior, and the Quality of Friendships in Adolescents with and without a History of Specific Language Impairment
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Durkin, Kevin; Conti-Ramsden, Gina – Child Development, 2007
Language is drawn on extensively in friendships but has received scant attention in the developmental literature. This study compared friendship quality in 16-year-old adolescents with and without specific language impairment (SLI), testing the extent it is predicted by individual differences in social behaviors and language ability. Participants…
Descriptors: Social Behavior, Adolescents, Language Aptitude, Predictor Variables