Psychology: Research and Review
From: Influence of age and schooling in written discourse of healthy adults
Speech elements | OR | Standard error | p | CI 95% (OR) |
---|---|---|---|---|
Scene description | ||||
Males | 2.0 | 0.4 | 0.001 | 1.3; 3.1 |
Age range, 40–59 | 1.6 | 0.4 | 0.052 | 1.0; 2.5 |
Age range, 60–75 | 1.6 | 0.5 | 0.082 | 0.9; 2.8 |
Education level, 9–11 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.166 | 0.4; 1.1 |
Education level, ≥ 12 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.018 | 0.3; 0.9 |
Scene narration | ||||
Males | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.002 | 0.3; 0.8 |
Age range, 40–59 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.033 | 0.4; 1.0 |
Age range, 60–75 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.059 | 0.3; 1.0 |
Education level, 9–11 | 1.4 | 0.3 | 0.203 | 0.8; 2.2 |
Education level, ≥ 12 | 1.8 | 0.4 | 0.018 | 1.1; 2.9 |
Discourse coherence | ||||
Males | 2.8 | 1.6 | 0.070 | 0.9; 8.5 |
Age range, 40–59 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.680 | 0.3; 2.1 |
Age range, 60–75 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.526 | 0.2; 2.1 |
Education level, 9–11 | 2.6 | 1.2 | 0.040 | 1.0; 6.5 |
Education level, ≥ 12 | 9.4 | 7.1 | 0.003 | 2.1; 41.4 |
Discourse cohesion | ||||
Males | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.466 | 0.3; 1.7 |
Age range, 40–59 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.466 | 0.3; 1.7 |
Age range, 60–75 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.905 | 0.3; 3.0 |
Education level, 9–11 | 2.9 | 1.3 | 0.021 | 1.2; 7.1 |
Education level, ≥ 12 | 10.6 | 8.0 | 0.002 | 2.4; 46.4 |