Development of the Childhood Nonverbal Communication Scale

The aim of this study was to develop and validate the Childhood Nonverbal Communication Scale (CNCS) to assess nonverbal communication skills in children from birth to 18 months old. An extensive review of existing research provided evidence used to generate items representative of nonverbal communi...

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Published in:Journal of autism and developmental disorders 2020-04, Vol.50 (4), p.1238-1248
Main Author: Oryadi-Zanjani, Mohammad Majid
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Behavioral Science and Psychology
Birth
Child and School Psychology
Childbirth & labor
Childhood
Children
Communication Skills
Content Validity
Convergent validity
Demographic aspects
Evaluation
Foreign Countries
Infants
Interpersonal communication in children
Measures (Individuals)
Methods
Neurosciences
Nonverbal Communication
Original Paper
Pediatrics
Psychology
Public Health
Scores
Test Construction
Validity
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Summary:The aim of this study was to develop and validate the Childhood Nonverbal Communication Scale (CNCS) to assess nonverbal communication skills in children from birth to 18 months old. An extensive review of existing research provided evidence used to generate items representative of nonverbal communication behaviors. The final version of the CNCS includes 37 items divided in two dimensions (CNCS-1 and CNCS-2) showing high content validity (item-rated content validity index ≥ 0.75). The scale was administered to 428 Iranian Persian-speaking children 3 to 18 months old with normal development. According to the findings, the CNCS showed strong internal consistency (KR-20 = 0.965). Further, it had good convergent validity based on a significant correlation between total scores and the results of the Persian version of the Production of Infant Scale Evaluation (PRISE-P) ( r  = 0.5, P  
ISSN:0162-3257
1573-3432
DOI:10.1007/s10803-019-04356-8