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ArticleApplied neuropsychology. Child

Measurement of expressive vocabulary in school-age children: Development and application of the Kilifi Naming Test (KNT).

Patricia Kitsao-Wekulo, Penny A Holding, Jane D Kvalsvig, Katherine J Alcock, H Gerry Taylor

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  1. Neurological impairment and disability in children in rural Kenya.Developmental medicine and child neurology · 2022
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Patricia Kitsao-Wekuloa African Population and Health Research Center , Nairobi , Kenya.
Penny A Holdingc KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme , Kilifi , Kenya.
Jane D Kvalsvigf School of Public Health Medicine , University of KwaZulu-Natal , Durban , South Africa.
Katherine J Alcockd Department of Psychology , Lancaster University , Lancaster , United Kingdom.
H Gerry Taylore Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine , Case Western Reserve University , Cleveland , OH , USA.

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Abstract

The dearth of locally developed measures of language makes it difficult to detect language and communication problems among school-age children in sub-Saharan African settings. We sought to describe variability in vocabulary acquisition as an important element of global cognitive functioning. Our primary aims were to establish the psychometric properties of an expressive vocabulary measure, examine sources of variability, and investigate the measure's associations with non-verbal reasoning and educational achievement. The study included 308 boys and girls living in a predominantly rural district in Kenya. The developed measure, the Kilifi Naming Test (KNT), had excellent reliability and acceptable convergent validity. However, concurrent validity was not adequately demonstrated. In the final regression model, significant effects of schooling and area of residence were recorded. Contextual factors should be taken into account in the interpretation of test scores. There is need for future studies to explore the concurrent validity of the KNT further.

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Language DevelopmentRural PopulationVocabularyAdolescentChildChild BehaviorChild, PreschoolFemaleHumansKenyaLanguage TestsMalePsychometricsReproducibility of ResultsVerbal BehaviorContextual factorsexpressive vocabularyKilifi Naming Testreliabilityresource-limited settingsschool-age children

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PMID29023138
PMCPMC6474720

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