Table 5.
Mean rate per minute (RPM) and mean proportion of turns, moves and communicative functions in the EGAT and NEGAT conditions.
| Category | Children or Youths | Communication Partners | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Code | EGAT | NEGAT | EGAT | NEGAT | ||||
| Mean RPM (SD) | Mean Proportion | Mean RPM (SD) | Mean Proportion | Mean RPM (SD) | Mean Proportion | Mean RPM (SD) | Mean Proportion | |
| Turns | 4.08 (1.50) | 0.41 | 4.50 (1.68) | 0.37 | 5.79 (1.22) | 0.59 | 7.65 (1.91) * | 0.63 |
| Moves | ||||||||
| Preparation/Operation, Navigation | 0.72 (0.80) | - | 0.03 (0.08) | - | 0.07 (0.08) | - | 0.08 (0.12) | - |
| Initiation | 1.16 (0.94) † | 0.28 | 0.43 (0.27) | 0.10 | 1.97 (0.92) | 0.33 | 3.87 (1.74) * | 0.49 |
| Response | 2.41 (1.43) | 0.59 | 3.87 (1.63) * | 0.86 | 0.73 (0.57) | 0.12 | 0.35 (0.21) | 0.04 |
| Response/Initiation | 0.09 (0.22) | 0.02 | 0 (0.00) | 0 | 0.52 (0.53) | 0.09 | 0.21 (0.19) | 0.03 |
| Follow up | 0.38 (0.43) | 0.09 | 0.19 (0.15) | 0.04 | 1.17 (0.68) | 0.19 | 1.24 (0.95) | 0.16 |
| Follow up/Initiation | 0.04 (0.07) | 0.01 | 0 (0.00) | 0 | 1.62 (0.79) | 0.27 | 2.21 (0.79) | 0.28 |
| Communicative functions | ||||||||
| Requestive | 0.09 (0.08) | 0.02 | 0.19 (0.33) | 0.04 | 3.51 (1.41) | 0.46 | 5.16 (1.09) * | 0.54 |
| Informative | 2.53 (1.05) † | 0.57 | 1.34 (1.29) | 0.29 | 2.09 (0.34) | 0.27 | 2.72 (0.47) | 0.28 |
| Acknowledgement | 0 (0.00) | 0 | 0.02 (0.05) | 0 | 1.55 (0.99) | 0.20 | 1.19 (0.84) | 0.13 |
| Confirmation/denial | 0.68 (0.92) | 0.15 | 1.47 (2.22) | 0.33 | 0.38 (0.39) | 0.05 | 0.47 (0.46) | 0.05 |
| Self-shared expression | 0.65 (0.90) | 0.15 | 0.58 (0.64) | 0.12 | 0.15 (0.15) | 0.02 | 0.07 (0.11) | 0.01 |
| Unintelligible | 0.52 (0.54) | 0.12 | 0.98 (0.54) | 0.21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
RPM = rate per minute. Two-way ANOVA and Bonferroni post hoc analysis to compare the differences of communicative turns in the EGAT and the NEGAT conditions between two groups. Parametric paired t-tests to compare the differences of moves and communicative functions between two conditions in each group. * p < 0.05, † p < 0.1.