The construct of coping has received increasing attention over the past years in relation to psychological and physical health, yet its dimensional and conceptual understanding is not consistent across theoretical models. The present study investigates the dimensionality of coping in a sample of 1127 Greek-speaking adults using the Brief-COPE. Both exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses revealed a structure comprised of eight factors, four of which were broader, and included active/positive, avoidant, support seeking and negative emotional approaches. Results indicated adequate psychometric characteristics for the Greek translation of the Brief-COPE for this population. Associations between coping strategies with gender, education, and psychological symptomatology are also discussed.
Th e current investigation examined longitudinally the emergence of specifi c linguistic parameters in toddlers with and without late onset of expressive language. Th e central aim of this investigation was to compare the linguistic skills of typically developing and late-talking toddlers while: (a) observing patterns of linguistic development between the two groups on specifi c parameters and (b) examining the impact of early language delay on language-specifi c parameters and comparing these with cross-linguistic data. Th e subjects were 18 Cypriot-Greek speaking toddlers classifi ed as late-talkers (LTs), and 18 age-matched counterparts with normal course of language development (NLDs). Participants were assessed at 28 months, 32 months, and 36 months, using various linguistic measures such as receptive and expressive vocabulary, mean length of utterance as measured in words (MLU-W), and phonetic production. Overall, the two groups exhibited parallel developmental profi les, with a language lag favoring the LT group as compared to the NLD counterpart. Th e results of this study highlight the negative eff ect of early language delay on later language skills, even up to age three years and lend support to the current literature regarding the universal linguistic picture of early and persistent language delay. Finally, the fi ndings are discussed in view of the need for further research with a focus on more language sensitive tools in testing later language outcomes.
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