[The validity of the SET 5-10 (language level test for children aged between five and ten years): first analyses].
BACKGROUND
No other child developmental domain is as frequently affected by disorders as language acquisition. The SET 5-10 (language level test for children aged between 5 and 10 years), was developed to assess specific language disorders.


OBJECTIVE
This study examines the ability of the SET 5-10 to differentiate between the developmental increases of speech competence, present deficits resulting from previous speech deficits and the probability of assessing possible speech deficits of children with an immigrant background.


METHODS
Based on data of the norm sample (n=1,052; 51.8% female) different cohorts (age-groups, children with speech impairment problems and children with immigrant background) are compared by Multivariate analysis of variance.


RESULTS
In all subtests a steady increase of performance with increasing age could be found. The means of children with previous grammar deficits (n=46) and children with immigrant background (n=143) are significantly lower than those of the reference group.


CONCLUSIONS
The results presented offer first proof of a differentiated and economic diagnosis of language achievement of children 5-10 years of age.
Zentrum für Klinische Psychologie und Rehabilitation, der Universität Bremen, Germany. dmetz@uni-bremen.de
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Belhadj Kouider
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D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D054242:Emigrants and Immigrants; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D007805:Language Development Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D007807:Language Tests / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000592:standards*; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012016:Reference Values; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012572:School Health Services; D012737:Sex Factors; D013064:Speech Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology