Table 7 The mean values scored by children in each domain in the three subgroups
From: The early communicative skills among a sample of Egyptian infants and toddlers
Comm. domain | Age | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Group a (age 6–12 months) | Group b (age 13–18 months) | Age 19–24 months | Total | ||
No | M (± SD) | 42.68 (± 4.30) | 55.10 (± 6.5) | 59.67 (± 3.20) | 52.29 (± 7.37) |
Mean age | M (± SD) | 6.53 (± 0.95) | 7.55 (± 1.17) | 8.22 (± 1.03) | 7.41 (± 1.14) |
Passive joint attention | M (± SD) | 5.20 (± 1.2) | 6.98 (± 1.14) | 7.58 (± 1.24) | 6.55 (± 1.19) |
Active joint attention | M (± SD) | 3.98 (± 0.99) | 4.7 (± 0.68) | 5.2 (± 0.62) | 4.62 (± 0.763) |
Gesture use | M (± SD) | 4.45 (± 0.93) | 5.48 (± 0.90) | 6.75 (± 1.19) | 5.55 (± 1.01) |
Expressive language | M (± SD) | 6.23 (± 1.87) | 9.25 (± 1.37) | 10.36 (± 1.6) | 8.62 (± 1.28) |
Receptive language | M (± SD) | 7.11 (± 2.04) | 9.93 (± 1.44) | 10.4 (± 1.36) | 9.15 (±1.64) |
Object use | M (± SD) | 9.2 (± 1.92) | 10.8 (± 0.88) | 11.2 (± 0.83) | 10.4 (± 1.16) |
Social interaction | 8.44 | 16.16 | 22.37 | 15.68 (± 7.24) | |
Full scale | 56 | 40 | 55 | 151 | |