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Fatores que influenciam a extensão e profundidade do vocabulário de adultos portugueses
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Diante da dificuldade em encontrar provas de avaliação de vocabulário direcionadas a população adulta portuguesa, este estudo teve como primeiro objetivo a construção e validação de um instrumento de avaliação do vocabulário. Assim, foram criadas duas provas de escolha múltipla, uma de sinónimos e outra de antónimos, para avaliar a extensão e profundidade do vocabulário de adultos portugueses. O segundo objetivo foi investigar quais os fatores que podem influenciar a extensão e profundidade do vocabulário e, para tal, foi também criado um questionário sociodemográfico e de hábitos de leitura. Participaram no estudo 732 adultos, de todos os distritos portugueses, tendo sido avaliados 86 de forma presencial e os demais de forma online. Os resultados obtidos sugerem que as provas construídas parecem medir de forma robusta o que se propõem, demonstrando uma boa consistência interna, assim como correlações moderadas com provas existentes que avaliam o vocabulário. Ã análise de regressão relativa ao contributo das variáveis sociodemográficas e de exposição à leitura indicou que os melhores preditores para o vocabulário da população adulta portuguesa são a escolaridade, a idade e a leitura de livros. Os resultados são discutidos visando não somente melhor entender o vocabulário, mas também a sua integração com outras dimensões da linguagem, passando pela importância da necessidade da elaboração de instrumentos de medida que atendam ao rigor científico e com a qualidade necessária para apoiar as decisões clínicas e/ou académicas na avaliação neuropsicológica da linguagem..
Faced with the difficulty in finding vocabulary assessment tests targeted at the Portuguese adult population, this study aimed at the construction and validation of a vocabulary assessment instrument. Two multiple-choice tests were created, one for synonyms and the other for antonyms, to assess the extent and depth of the vocabulary of Portuguese adults. The second aim of this study was to investigate which factors can influence the extension and depth of vocabulary and, for that, a sociodemographic and reading habits questionnaire was also created. 732 adults participated in the study, from all Portuguese districts, 86 of which were evaluated in person and the others online. The results obtained suggest that the constructed tests seem to robustly measure what they propose, demonstrating good internal consistency, as well as moderate correlations with existing tests that assess vocabulary. The regression analysis on the contribution of sociodemographic variables and exposure to reading indicated that the best predictors for the vocabulary of the Portuguese adult population are education, age, and book reading. The results are discussed in order not only to better understand the vocabulary but also to integrate it with other dimensions of language, including the importance of the need to develop measurement instruments that meet scientific rigor and with the necessary quality to support clinical and /or academics in the neuropsychological assessment of language.
Faced with the difficulty in finding vocabulary assessment tests targeted at the Portuguese adult population, this study aimed at the construction and validation of a vocabulary assessment instrument. Two multiple-choice tests were created, one for synonyms and the other for antonyms, to assess the extent and depth of the vocabulary of Portuguese adults. The second aim of this study was to investigate which factors can influence the extension and depth of vocabulary and, for that, a sociodemographic and reading habits questionnaire was also created. 732 adults participated in the study, from all Portuguese districts, 86 of which were evaluated in person and the others online. The results obtained suggest that the constructed tests seem to robustly measure what they propose, demonstrating good internal consistency, as well as moderate correlations with existing tests that assess vocabulary. The regression analysis on the contribution of sociodemographic variables and exposure to reading indicated that the best predictors for the vocabulary of the Portuguese adult population are education, age, and book reading. The results are discussed in order not only to better understand the vocabulary but also to integrate it with other dimensions of language, including the importance of the need to develop measurement instruments that meet scientific rigor and with the necessary quality to support clinical and /or academics in the neuropsychological assessment of language.
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Conhecimento das palavras Fatores que influenciam o vocabulário Avaliação do vocabulário de adultos Português europeu