Table 3.
Descriptive statistics for all Validation of the Vanderbilt Responses to Your Child's Speech items.
| Item | Label | Mean | SD | Min | Max | Median |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Slow down your speech. | 2.10 | 1.07 | 0.00 | 4.00 | 2.00 |
| 2 | Become tense when your child was speaking. | 1.34 | 1.06 | 0.00 | 4.00 | 1.00 |
| 3 | Fill in words for your child. | 2.58 | 0.97 | 0.00 | 4.00 | 3.00 |
| 4 | Talk for your child. | 1.43 | 1.22 | 0.00 | 4.00 | 1.00 |
| 5 | Say your child's words for him/her. | 1.09 | 0.89 | 0.00 | 4.00 | 1.00 |
| 6 | Ask your child to think about what he/she is going to say. | 1.53 | 1.23 | 0.00 | 4.00 | 2.00 |
| 7 | Ask your child to take a deep breath before speaking. | 1.33 | 1.27 | 0.00 | 4.00 | 1.00 |
| 8 | Finish what your child was saying. | 1.29 | 0.92 | 0.00 | 4.00 | 1.00 |
| 9 | Pause before responding to your child. | 1.99 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 | 2.00 |
| 10 | Remain relaxed when your child was speaking. | 3.06 | 0.79 | 0.00 | 4.00 | 3.00 |
| 11 | Let your child lead the conversation. | 2.95 | 0.66 | 1.00 | 4.00 | 3.00 |
| 12 | Ask your child to slow down while talking. | 1.93 | 1.38 | 0.00 | 4.00 | 2.00 |
| 13 | Use simpler language when your child was talking. | 2.02 | 1.01 | 0.00 | 4.00 | 2.00 |
| 14 | Ask simple questions. | 2.43 | 0.93 | 0.00 | 4.00 | 2.00 |
| 15 | Worry about your child's talking. | 2.59 | 1.08 | 0.00 | 4.00 | 3.00 |
| 16 | Wait for your child to finish talking before you spoke. | 3.21 | 0.69 | 0.00 | 4.00 | 3.00 |
| 17 | Praise what your child said. | 2.96 | 0.88 | 0.00 | 4.00 | 3.00 |
| 18 | Tell your child to relax. | 1.76 | 1.31 | 0.00 | 4.00 | 2.00 |
Note. Values reflect nonreverse scoring (i.e., for all items, 0 = never, 4 = always). Min = minimum; Max = maximum.