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The view from Walter's window: social environment and the communicative competence of adults with a mental handicap
Author(s) -
GAAG A. D.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
journal of intellectual disability research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.941
H-Index - 104
eISSN - 1365-2788
pISSN - 0964-2633
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2788.1989.tb01469.x
Subject(s) - mental handicap , communicative competence , competence (human resources) , psychology , communication skills , developmental psychology , social competence , psychiatry , social psychology , medicine , pedagogy , medical education , social change , economics , economic growth
. This paper reports on a study of the communicative competence of adults with a mental handicap living in hospital and community settings. One hundred and twenty subjects, half from hospital settings and half from community settings, were assessed on the Communication Assessment profile (CASP). Significant differences were found between the hospital and community groups on pragmatic competence. The communication environment was shown to be an important determinant of pragmatic skills. The implications of this finding are discussed.