Transactional Success in the Texting of Individuals With Aphasia.

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Purpose

Text messaging is a pervasive form of communication in today's digital society. Our prior research indicates that individuals with aphasia text, but they vary widely in how actively they engage in texting, the types of messages they send, and the number of contacts with whom they text. It is reported that people with aphasia experience difficulties with texting; however, the degree to which they are successful in conveying information via text message is unknown. This study describes the development of a rating scale that measures transactional success via texting and reports on the transactional success of a sample of 20 individuals with chronic aphasia. The relationships between texting transactional success and aphasia severity, texting confidence, and texting activity a

SUBMITTER: Lee JB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9907437 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature