This study was conducted to determine the effects of divorce on the expressive and receptive language development of 3-5 year old nursery school children. Independent variables were: parental absence, duration of divorce, educational level of parents, family size, sex, and income level of families. The dependent variable was language development (expressive and receptive). / The sample for the study consisted of 70, 3-5 year old nursery boys and girls (30 from divorced and 40 from non-divorced families) who were randomly drawn from four randomly identified nursery schools--one from each geographical area--among the population of 65 public and private nursery schools of Leon County, Florida, during the 1979-80 school year. A questionnaire developed by the investigator was administered to the parents of participating children to seek information regarding the children's family background. Two language tests designed to measure receptive and expressive responses of children were administered to each child. These instruments were: (a) Carrow Elicited Language Inventory (C.E.L.I.) as an expressive test and (b) Test for Auditory Comprehension of Language (T.A.C.L.) as a receptive test. / Multiple linear regression (MLR) was utilized to explore the hypotheses of the study. A significant level for rejecting the null hypotheses was set at (alpha) = 0.05. The results were as follows: (1) There was a statistically significant difference between the receptive and expressive language of children from divorced and non-divorced families. Children from non-divorced families scored consistently higher in both receptive and expressive tests than children from divorced households. (2) Related to sex as a variable, no significant difference was found between receptive and expressive language of boys and girls from divorced families. Further investigation, however, showed that receptive and expressive language scores of girls from intact families were significantly higher than the expressive and receptive language scores of girls from divorces families. (3) The overall test showed no statistically significant difference between family income and the receptive and expressive language of children. But simple main effect showed that children who come from homes with incomes of $12,000-$17,999 (level 3) had significantly higher scores in receptive and expressive language than children whose family income was $0-$5,999 (level 1). (4) There was no statistically significant difference between family size and the receptive and expressive language development of children. But a statistically significant difference was obtained at (alpha) = 0.1. (5) There was no statistically significant difference between the receptive and expressive language development of father-absent and mother-absent children due to divorce. (6) There was no statistically significant relationship between the receptive and expressive language of divorced families' children and duration of divorce. (7) There was no statistically significant difference between the educational level of divorced parents and the receptive and expressive language of their children. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 41-08, Section: A, page: 3461. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1980.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_74261 |
| Contributors | MOFIDI, FARKHONDEH., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 134 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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