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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
Pt 1
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-12-8
pubmed:abstractText
Many uses of new media entail processing language content, yet little is known about the relationship between language ability and media use in young people. This study compares educational versus interpersonal uses of home computers in adolescents with and without a history of specific language impairment (SLI). Participants were 55 17-year-olds with SLI and 72 typically developing peers. Measures of frequency and ease of computer use were obtained as well as assessments of participants' psycholinguistic skills. Results showed a strong preference for interpersonal computer use in both groups. Virtually all participants engaged with interpersonal new media, finding them relatively easy to use. In contrast, one third of adolescents with SLI did not use educational applications during a typical week. Regression analyses revealed that lower frequency of educational use was associated with poorer language and literacy skills. However, in adolescents with SLI, this association was mediated by perceived ease of use. The findings show that language ability contributes to new media use and that adolescents with SLI are at a greater risk of low levels of engagement with educational technology.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0261-510X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
27
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
197-217
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:19972669-Achievement, pubmed-meshheading:19972669-Adolescent, pubmed-meshheading:19972669-Attitude to Computers, pubmed-meshheading:19972669-Communication, pubmed-meshheading:19972669-Computer Literacy, pubmed-meshheading:19972669-Computer-Assisted Instruction, pubmed-meshheading:19972669-Female, pubmed-meshheading:19972669-Great Britain, pubmed-meshheading:19972669-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:19972669-Intelligence, pubmed-meshheading:19972669-Internet, pubmed-meshheading:19972669-Interpersonal Relations, pubmed-meshheading:19972669-Language Development Disorders, pubmed-meshheading:19972669-Language Tests, pubmed-meshheading:19972669-Longitudinal Studies, pubmed-meshheading:19972669-Male, pubmed-meshheading:19972669-Microcomputers, pubmed-meshheading:19972669-Psycholinguistics, pubmed-meshheading:19972669-Socioeconomic Factors
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
Educational and interpersonal uses of home computers by adolescents with and without specific language impairment.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Psychology, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK. kevin.durkin@strath.ac.uk
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't