PMID- 22180102
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20130304
LR  - 20191210
IS  - 1554-3528 (Electronic)
IS  - 1554-351X (Linking)
VI  - 44
IP  - 3
DP  - 2012 Sep
TI  - Assessment battery for communication (ABaCo): normative data.
PG  - 845-61
LID - 10.3758/s13428-011-0174-9 [doi]
AB  - The Assessment Battery for Communication (ABaCo) was introduced to evaluate 
      pragmatic abilities in patients with cerebral lesions. The battery is organized 
      into five evaluation scales focusing on separate components of pragmatic 
      competence. In the present study, we present normative data for individuals 
      15-75 years of age (N = 300). The sample was stratified by age, sex, and years of 
      education, according to Italian National Institute of Statistics indications in 
      order to be representative of the general national population. Since performance 
      on the ABaCo decreases with age and lower years of education, the norms were 
      stratified for both age and education. The ABaCo is a valuable tool in clinical 
      practice; the normative data provided here will enable clinicians to determine 
      different kinds and specific levels of communicative impairments more precisely.
FAU - Angeleri, Romina
AU  - Angeleri R
AD  - Center for Cognitive Science, Department of Psychology, University of Turin, Via 
      Po 14, 10123 Turin, Italy. romina.angeleri@unito.it
FAU - Bosco, Francesca M
AU  - Bosco FM
FAU - Gabbatore, Ilaria
AU  - Gabbatore I
FAU - Bara, Bruno G
AU  - Bara BG
FAU - Sacco, Katiuscia
AU  - Sacco K
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PT  - Validation Study
PL  - United States
TA  - Behav Res Methods
JT  - Behavior research methods
JID - 101244316
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Adult
MH  - Aged
MH  - *Aptitude
MH  - Brain Damage, Chronic/*diagnosis
MH  - Communication Disorders/classification/*diagnosis
MH  - Comprehension
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Linguistics
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Neuropsychological Tests/*statistics & numerical data
MH  - Nonverbal Communication
MH  - Psychometrics/statistics & numerical data
MH  - Reference Values
MH  - Semantics
MH  - Speech Production Measurement/statistics & numerical data
MH  - Theory of Mind
MH  - Young Adult
EDAT- 2011/12/20 06:00
MHDA- 2013/03/05 06:00
CRDT- 2011/12/20 06:00
PHST- 2011/12/20 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2011/12/20 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2013/03/05 06:00 [medline]
AID - 10.3758/s13428-011-0174-9 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Behav Res Methods. 2012 Sep;44(3):845-61. doi: 10.3758/s13428-011-0174-9.