Reviewing the link between language abilities and peer relations in children with developmental language disorder: The importance of children's own perspectives.

ABSTRACT:

Background and aims

Children with developmental language disorder (DLD) are at risk of difficulties in their friendships and peer relations. The present review explores how research directly involving children with DLD can inform our understanding of peer relations in this group, and how research insights may change according to the nature of their involvement in the studies. We further examine how these findings might shape current theoretical understandings of the links between language impairment and peer relations.

Methods

An integrative review methodology was used in order to identify relevant studies and synthesise the findings. A structured database search was carried out using the qualitative PICo framework; Population = 4-12-year-old children with DLD, phenomenon of

SUBMITTER: Janik Blaskova L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9620691 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature