Level Of Communication Skills Research Articles

Association between maternal postnatal depressive symptoms and infants’ communication skills: A longitudinal study

Postnatal depression (PND) is associated with adverse effects on a broad range of child outcomes, including language problems. The current study aimed to investigate if the time of exposure to maternal PND symptoms measured with the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) at 6 weeks, 4 months and 6 months postpartum were related to the infants’ communication skills measured with the Ages and Stages Questionnaires (ASQ) at 12 and 24 months. Secondly, to study to what extent the number of exposures to high level of PND symptoms (i.e., EPDS score≥10) might be associated with level of communication skills later (at 12 and 24 months), and last, to determine to what extent maternal PND symptoms at 6 weeks were related to changes in the developmental course of communication skills from 4 to 24 months. 1555 children and their mothers participate in the study. Regression analyses indicated that PND at 4 months were associated with lower levels of communicative skills at 12 (coefficient −0.37, 95% CI −0.63 to −0.12, p=0.004) and 24 months (coefficient −0.34, CI −0.56 to −0.13, p=0.002). Infants of mothers with an EPDS sum score≥10 obtained at a minimum of two time points, had significantly worse communicative skills at 12 months than infants of mothers with no indication of PND (difference −6.12, CI −11.14 to −1.09, p=0.017). No such significant relations were found at 24 months. However, linear mixed effects analysis showed that mothers’ depressive symptoms at 6 weeks were not significantly related to changes in infant communication scores from age 4 to 24 months. These findings suggest that symptoms of maternal PND symptoms should be taken into account for communication development in infancy.

Social skills, social networks and psychological well-being of patiens with spinal cord injury

The paper presents information concerning the relations between the subjective evaluation of social skills, parameters of the social network and the factors determining psychological well-being ofpatients with spinal cord injury sequellae (SCIS). Thus, one of the focuses of the diagnostic and therapeutic work of a clinical psychologist and psychotherapist in the rehabilitation hospital environment becomes as well a subjective assessment by SCIS patients of their own social skills, as the development of these skills, contributing to the expansion of the social network, which is a resource for the provision ofpsychological wellbeing ofpatients. This testifies not only to the need for correction of the emotional state ofpatients, but also the necessity of specific psychotherapeutic interventions. Such interventions should be aimed at the increasing in the level of communication skills which are useful for the formation of new social relationships and the development of the social network of patients (group forms of training, support groups, chat forums, etc.).

Children with Language Disorders or Late Bloomers – the problem of differential diagnosis

Abstract Communication problems are often the first noticeable symptom of developmental abnormalities. About 15% of children at the age of 2 years demonstrate a lower level of speech expression than their peers. Speech development disorders may constitute either symptoms of global developmental delay or only isolated difficulties. One of the main challenges for professionals dealing with early development support is recognizing whether a child whose linguistic competence differs significantly from that of their peers suffers from a specific language impairment, or whether they belong to the group of ‘late bloomers’ who at some point, without the intervention of a specialist, will achieve an appropriate level of communication skills. Although a differential diagnosis can be extremely difficult, the analysis of the literature leads to the conclusion that there are some markers that can aid a specialist in establishing an accurate diagnosis.

The future of medical education: areas that should receive increased focus in the 21st Century

What is fundamental for medical students to learn in the 21st Century? Many medical educators understandably focus on the explosion of new medical knowledge and technology that will be essential for medical students to master in the 21st Century. These include advances in molecular medicine, genomics, a plethora of new pharmacological approaches, among other stunning discoveries in medicine. Moreover, there will be a continued need to ensure that medical students acquire the highest level of professional ethics, leadership skills, empathy, and communication and patient-centered counseling skills. All of these have been a core focus of medical educators over the past decade and will continue to be a priority. In thinking about the 21st Century, there are several key additional areas of content knowledge and skills that will be essential for future physicians that to date have not received sufficient attention in medical skill curricula.[...]

Relationship between the Responsiveness of Service Providers with Patient Satisfaction at Three Conventional Radiography Services in Denpasar

Background and purpose: Patient satisfaction, including on radiography services, is an important component of health care provision. Surveys on patient satisfaction have been carried out particularly in government hospitals, but a more detailed study to determine the relationship between patient satisfaction with the responsiveness of service providers has yet to be carried out. This study aims to determine the relationship between the six domains of responsiveness of service providers and outpatient satisfaction at three conventional radiography facilities in Denpasar.Methods: Study was conducted by cross-sectional survey of 158 respondents selected consecutively in three conventional radiography services, namely a government hospital, a private hospital and a private radiology clinic. Data were collected through interviews using modified questionnaires on responsiveness from WHO. Data were analyzed by univariate, bivariate (chi-square test) and multivariate logistic regression method.Results: Univariate analysis indicated that patient satisfaction was 69% but still below the minimum service standards (>80,0%). Multivariate analysis showed that factors associated with satisfaction were the domain of attention (AOR= 3.77; 95%CI: 1.62-8.76), the quality of infrastructure (AOR=4.57; 95%CI: 1.61-12.93) and communication (AOR=6.30; 95%CI: 1.75-22.64).Conclusion: Patient satisfaction was generally still below the standard. Domains of responsiveness associated with patient satisfaction were the quality of infrastructure, level of attention and communication skills of service providers.

Faith is Confidence: The Implication of Psychosocial Components in Faith-Based Educational Programs on Expressive Communication Skills of Adult Learners

ABSTRACTFaith-based programs for adult learners have environmental factors that differentiate them from non-faith based programs, but explicit empirical studies evaluating the impact of the psychosocial factors have been lacking in the literature. This study comparatively examines the achievement level of expressive communication skills as measured through writing in general education development (GED) program participants who were adult learners in faith-based and non-faith based programs. The article will discuss the context of faith from the literature, impact of psychosocial environmental factors, and provide implications for curriculum design for faith-based academic programs while addressing the research question of whether faith-based GED programs have an impact on the achievement of expressive communication levels of students compared to non-faith-based GED programs.

Effect of Level of Communication Skills on Team Success for Some Volleyball Teams from Turkish First Division Volleyball League

Effect of Level of Communication Skills on Team Success for Some Volleyball Teams from Turkish First Division Volleyball League

The Comparison of Communication Skills of Istanbul Gelisim University Physical Education and Sports School Students According to their Departments

The aim of this research was to compare the levels of communication skills of students from the departments of Recreation, Coaching, Sport Management and Sport and Exercise Science of the School of Physical Education and Sports at Istanbul Gelisim University. The Communication Skills Evaluation Scale was used as data collection tool. Portable IBM SPSS Statistics v20 software package was also used to analyze the obtained data. After the data were examined for normal distribution and homogeneity of variance, it was decided to use the parametric test method. The descriptive analysis and one-way Anova analysis which was used to determine the difference between two variances and Tukey’s test were also used to compare the variables among themselves. At the end of the study, it was determined that the students from the department of Recreation Department have a higher level for communication skills than the students from the other departments.

The Investigation of the Communication Skill Levels of University Students according to Physical Activity Participation

The aim of this study was to investigate communication skills level of university students (Faculty of Sports Sciences, Faculty of Engineering and Tourism Faculty) who were enrolled in 2014-2015 academic year at Mugla Sitki Kocman University according to physical activity participation, gender and which faculty they were enrolled Physical activity type and where to participate in a physical activity. 590 students were voluntarily participated in the study. In this study, Physical activity Behaviour Change questionnaire consisting of 4 questions developed by Marcus and Lewis (2003), criterion validity of which was made by Cengiz et al. (2010) was applied to students in order to determine their participation in physical activities. 5 point likert type Evaluation Scale for Communication Skills (ESCS) developed by Korkut (1996) was used to determine communication skill levels of students. According to the findings obtained from these questionnaires, independent samples t-test, ANOVA test as well as Gabriel test in order to determine from which sources the difference was originated were applied depending on the aforementioned variables. In light of the obtained results, a significant difference was found for communication skills, their physical activity stage and where to participate in physical activities (p 0.05). No significant difference was determined in communication skills according to physical activity type.

Effects of the kinds of sports and some variables on the communication skills level of students in physical education and sports<p>Spor türü ve diğer bazı değişkenlerin beden eğitimi ve spor yüksekokulu öğrencilerinin iletişim beceri düzeylerine etkisi

<p>This research was conducted to determine the impact of the type of sports done by School of Physical Education and Sports students and other variables on their level of communication skills. Target population of the study is Balıkesir University, School of Physical Education and Sports; and the sample group consists of 330 students selected by random sampling method from 2014-2015 academic year in this institution. The data was collected using “Communication Skills Assessment Scale” which was developed by Korkut (1996) and tested in terms of validation (0.86) and reliability (0.78), and “Personal Information Form” prepared by the researcher was used in order to determine the demographic features of students. Collected data was examined in terms of statistically different variables (gender, class level, academic department, branch of sports, perceived academic success level); results were discussed and suggestions were offered.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Özet</strong></p><p>Bu araştırma, Beden Eğitimi ve Spor Yüksekokulu öğrencilerinin yaptıkları spor türü ve diğer bazı değişkenlerin iletişim beceri düzeylerine etkisinin ne olduğunu belirlemek amacıyla yapılmıştır. Araştırmanın evrenini; Balıkesir Üniversitesi, Beden Eğitimi ve Spor Yüksekokulu öğrencileri, Örneklem grubunu ise bu kurumda 2014-2015 eğitim-öğretim yılında öğrenim gören ve tesadüfi örneklem metodu ile seçilen toplam 330 öğrenci oluşturmaktadır. Verilerin toplanmasında Korkut (1996) tarafından geliştirilmiş, geçerlilik (0.86) ve güvenilirlik (0.78) testleri yapılmış “İletişim Becerilerini Değerlendirme Ölçeği” ve öğrencilerin demografik özelliklerini belirlemek amacıyla araştırmacı tarafından hazırlanan “Kişisel Bilgi Formu” kullanılmıştır. Elde edilen veriler istatistiksel olarak farklı değişkenler (cinsiyet, sınıf düzeyi, okuduğu bölüm, spor branşı türü, algılanan akademik başarı düzeyi) açısından incelenmiş ve sonuçlar tartışılarak öneriler sunulmuştur.</p>

Early identification: Language skills and social functioning in deaf and hard of hearing preschool children

ObjectivePermanent childhood hearing impairment often results in speech and language problems that are already apparent in early childhood. Past studies show a clear link between language skills and the child's social–emotional functioning. The aim of this study was to examine the level of language and communication skills after the introduction of early identification services and their relation with social functioning and behavioral problems in deaf and hard of hearing children. Study DesignNationwide cross-sectional observation of a cohort of 85 early identified deaf and hard of hearing preschool children (aged 30–66 months). MethodsParents reported on their child's communicative abilities (MacArthur-Bates Communicative Development Inventory III), social functioning and appearance of behavioral problems (Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire). Receptive and expressive language skills were measured using the Reynell Developmental Language Scale and the Schlichting Expressive Language Test, derived from the child's medical records. ResultsLanguage and communicative abilities of early identified deaf and hard of hearing children are not on a par with hearing peers. Compared to normative scores from hearing children, parents of deaf and hard of hearing children reported lower social functioning and more behavioral problems. Higher communicative abilities were related to better social functioning and less behavioral problems. No relation was found between the degree of hearing loss, age at amplification, uni- or bilateral amplification, mode of communication and social functioning and behavioral problems. ConclusionThese results suggest that improving the communicative abilities of deaf and hard of hearing children could improve their social–emotional functioning.

Making entry-level accountants better communicators: A Singapore-based study of communication tasks, skills, and attributes

Prior research reports that entry-level accountants (ELAs) lack appropriate levels of communication skills, and to-date, there are still gaps in our understanding of communication tasks frequently performed by ELAs, skills needed to fulfill these tasks, and attributes of written and oral communication that are critical to communicating effectively in the accounting field. This study attempts to fill some of the gaps by first amalgamating extant research to develop more comprehensive inventories of communication tasks, skills, and attributes (TSA) that would be critical for ELAs. Next, 59 practitioners (who have supervised ELAs) of accounting firms (both Big-4 and local firms) and members of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) based in Singapore responded to our pilot survey to rate the frequency of communication tasks performed by ELAs, the importance of the identified communication skills and attributes, and the ELAs' communication skills and performance. Findings on importance ratings and importance–performance gaps provide useful insights to accounting/business/communication educators and researchers, higher education institutions, accounting students, and accounting practitioners in Singapore to better understand the current communication needs and/or deficiencies of the accounting profession. Future research opportunities, including the need to extend this study to other geographical areas using larger sample sizes, are discussed.

The Effectiveness of Group Assertiveness Training on Happiness in Rural Adolescent Females With Substance Abusing Parents.

Background:Parental substance abuse confronts children with a variety of psychological, social, and behavioral problems. Children of substance abusing parents show higher levels of psychiatric disorders including anxiety and depression and exert lower levels of communication skills. Weak social skills in this group of adolescents put them at a higher risk for substance abuse. Many studies showed school based interventions such as life skill training can effective on future substance abusing in these high risk adolescences.Materials and Methods:The participants consisted of 57 middles schools girls, all living in rural areas and having both parents with substance dependency. The participants were randomly assigned to intervention (n=28) and control (n=29) groups. The data were collected before and six weeks after training in both group. The intervention group received eight sessions of group assertiveness training. Participants were compared in terms of changes in scores on the Oxford Happiness Questionnaire and the Gambrills-Richey Assertion Inventory.Results:The total score for happiness change from 43.68 ±17.62 to 51.57 ±16.35 and assertiveness score changed from 110.33±16.05 to 90.40±12.84. There was a significant difference in pretest-posttest change in scores for intervention (7.89±4.13) and control (-2.51±2.64) groups; t (55) =2.15, p = 0.049. These results suggest that intervention really does have an effect on happiness and assertiveness.Conclusion:Determining the effectiveness of these school based interventions on other life aspects such as substance abuse calls for further study on these rural adolescent girls.

Prospective Teacher’s Communication Skills Level: Intellectual, Emotional and Behavioral Competencies

KEYWORDS Education. Teacher Training. Communication. Learning Domains. Interaction ABSTRACT The purpose of this study is to determine the level of intellectual, emotional, behavioral and general communication skills of teacher candidates. The relational screening method was used as the research method. 1706 prospective teachers formed the sample group for this study in Turkey. Data were collected through Communication Skills Inventory (CSI). The prospective teachers' general communication skills and intellectual, emotional and behavioral skills are at a moderate level. On the other hand, gender socio-economic level and settlement are not one of the factors influencing prospective teachers' communication skills level. Prospective teachers' level of emotional competence is dependent on the university where they were educated but differ according to vocational education programs. It also differs in terms of the type of education, perceived parents' attitude, and perceived friendship relationships.

Коммуникативные особенности, культура и речевой этикет делового общения

This paper focuses on the fact that business communication is a major and
 significant part of the professional culture. Relevance of the topic confirms
 the need for ownership of professional culture, namely, business communication,
 heads of international companies who every day have to deal with
 its partners in the international business. Stand all the important aspects,
 forms of business communication.
 This article is based on the fact that the form of business communication
 has its own rules, principles and standards that are mandatory. Culture of
 business communication – a high level of communication skills in the business
 world.
 Culture of speech and business communication is sometimes interpreted as
 corporate communications, whose main goal – is to identify specific problems
 and their joint decision. The result of business communication should
 be no material aspect, but rather positive emotions from interaction with a
 partner, which, in turn, can then lead to large transactions.
 The author argues that business – is the ability to communicate with people.

Management and Understanding Features in Communication Depending on Level of Emotional Intelligence

This paper is dedicated to the problem of management and understanding features in communication depending on level of emotional intelligence. The emotional intelligence plays essential role in success of interpersonal communication and, as a result, in formation of interpersonal relations, including management activity as the leader. We made the assumption that as higher EI level is, than level of communicative, organizational skills and empathy is high during communicative process. We studied the understanding and management features of other person depending on level of emotional intelligence. The research findings showed that certain level of EI has impact on a level of communicative and organizational skills during communication. It has positive correlation between a level of EI and a level of communicative skills. Correctly developed emotional intelligence creates conditions for communicative and organizational skills formation. as higher EI development level is, than level of communicative, organizational skills and empathy is high during communicative process. The made assumption of interrelation of emotional intelligence with empathy was confirmed (degree of reliability 0.01).

Psycho-education's impact on communication skills, self-esteem and anger expression status of emergency medical technical student

Aim: Emergency medical students are first persons that encountered and make medical aids to patients or traumatized people. It is stated that having adequate facilities about the communication of each health workers to deal with emergency patient and wounded persons is as important as immediate treatment. This research was conducted as quasi-experimental in order to determine the education of emotion recognition and expression’s impact on communication skills, self-esteem and anger expression status of emergency medical technical students. Methods: The research was made with 7 students in first year of education in emergency department at a university in Turkey in 2013-2014 academic years. Total 12-session education of emotion recognition and expression was given to student within research for 2 hours in a week during 12 weeks. Information Form including socio-demographic characteristics, Communication Skills Inventory (CSI), Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSES) and Spielberger Trait Anger Scale (STAS) were applied to students before and after psycho-education. Results: It was determined that CSI mean scores of students within research were high before and after psycho-education but there is no statistically difference between them. It was determined that also there is no significantly difference between students’ RSES and STAS mean scores before and after psycho-education. Conclusion: It was determined in the research that education of emotion recognition and expression has no impact on communication skills, self-esteem and anger expression status of students and students’ communication skills levels were high before and after psycho-education. It has been concluded that especially empathy from communication skills is the mode of existence and therefore cannot be taught.

Effect of Perceptual Functions Level on the Development of Pre-mathematical Concepts in Czech Pre-school Children

The aspects affecting the academic success of students in mathematics include the level of informal mathematical knowledge and communication skills. Therefore this study analyses the influence of the level of perceptual (visual and auditory) functions on the development of pre-mathematical concepts in 71 Czech pre-school children. The survey was carried out using a standardised foreign test of early mathematical skills and a test of reading and writing risks. The results confirmed the tightness of the relationship between the two variables, which can be described as “medium” addiction.

CONCEPT FOR UKRAINIAN LANGUAGE TEXTBOOK FOR CROATIAN STUDENTS (IN TERMS OF LEARNING A CLOSELY RELATED LANGUAGE)

In creating textbooks and course books for foreign language education, the starting point is the goal of learning the language – language acquisition either on the level of communication skills for specific purposes (business or daily), or as part of the process of training philology specialists, or more specifically, linguistics specialists. In this, among other factors, authors should take into account the ethno-linguistic characteristics of the audience, so the training process should be organised differently for groups of students who study a language closely related to their native language. In studying a closely related language, a variety of phenomena is observed, such as, for example, interference, cross-language homonymy, the fact that ability to perceive and understand a foreign language always outweighs the ability to reproduce material, etc. These points are important to consider when preparing textbooks and course books, and they should be reflected in the selection of lexical material and presentation of grammar. Existing textbooks for learning Ukrainian as a foreign language are mainly not designed for a Slavic languages-speaking audience, which makes the process of training specialists in Ukrainian in Slavic countries more difficult. On the other hand, the methods of organising the material in a textbook and its structure should be designed for philology students and therefore should feature a complex and comprehensive presentation of the language material and combine various methods of teaching. We propose the principles we follow in creating a textbook for learning Ukrainian designed for Croatian students whose primary field of study is the Ukrainian language.

Assessment of the Human Communication Indexes between Employees of Branches of Social Security Organization in Tehran (Iran)

Objective: The purpose of this study was assessment of the human communication indexes between employees branches of Social Security Organization (SSO) of Tehran. Method: The method used in this study, the survey method is most common in quantitative research. The sample size was calculated based on Morgan 271 were randomly selected based on these numbers. This study was conducted to collect data and information from the questionnaire were used. Questionnaire consisted of 32 questions of human relations which 5 first question demographic questionnaire and subjects such as sex, education, work experience, marital status and age were included in the study, as well as other questions samples to determine the basis of human relations based on the five choice Likert scale (always, often, sometimes, rarely, never) was designed. In this project, SPSS software was used to analysis the data. Findings: The results showed that the level of communication skills of staff from the employees' point of view is evaluated desirable (p<0.05). The study results showed that the central staff organization perspective on human communication of employees in these organizations varies according to gender and gender workers on the significant relationship of the staff human relations index. 40% of male participants and 27% of female participants evaluated communication skills, desirable. So men, more than women have a positive opinion about the staff of Organization human communication index. staff's view about the organization of the employees in the organization of human relationships education are different (p<0.05) in terms of their scores significantly negatively correlated Affairs staff to staff communication skills. A negative correlation means that higher level, the weaker the staff of Human Relations have evaluated. staff perspective on human communication parameters of the staff in terms of work experience is different (p>0.05). Thus, no significant correlation between duration of working on their score is an index of human communications staff. Staff's view about the employees in the organization about human relationships in terms of a significant relationship between marital statuses (p>0.05) of employees and their score to human communications index of staff. However, 35% of married people and 19% of single people evaluated communication skills of personnel, appropriate. Thus, there is no significant correlation between duration of working and their score to staff index of human communications (p>0.05). Positive correlation means that with increasing age, a higher score on the index of human communications staff are employees and age, people are more important than communication skills. Positive correlation means that with increasing age, employees have higher scores on the index of human communications and aging causes people to care more about communication skills.