The Italian MB-CDI ‘Words and Gestures’ complete and short form: Normative data and validity

IF 2 3区心理学 Q3 PSYCHOLOGY, DEVELOPMENTAL

Infant Behavior & Development Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2025-12-11 DOI:10.1016/j.infbeh.2025.102173

Pasquale Rinaldi , Arianna Bello , Silvia Stefanini , Maria Cristina Caselli , Patrizio Pasqualetti

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This study compares normative data of the Italian Words and Gestures complete form (WG CF) and short form (WG SF) of the MacArthur-Bates Communicative Development Inventories (MB-CDI). The samples included 648 children for the WG CF and 583 children for the WG-SF designed for children aged 8–24 months. The concordance between WG SF and WG CF is analyzed in a subgroup of 66 children. Results revealed very close developmental trends as assessed through the two forms, and strong correlations between action/gesture production, word comprehension and word production. The two forms showed high concurrent validity with Intra-Class-Correlation coefficients higher than 0.70, suggesting that the two forms may be used interchangeably in order to describe early communicative and linguistic development in children up to 24 months of age, paying particular attention of saturation of the short form in assessing action-gesture production.

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意大利语MB-CDI“语言和手势”的完整和简短形式：规范性数据和有效性。

本研究比较了麦克阿瑟-贝茨交际发展量表（MB-CDI）意大利语单词和手势完整形式（WG CF）和简短形式（WG SF）的规范数据。样本包括648名WG CF儿童和583名WG sf儿童，这些儿童是为8-24个月大的儿童设计的。在66例儿童的亚组中分析了WG SF和WG CF的一致性。结果显示，通过两种形式评估的发展趋势非常接近，动作/手势产生、单词理解和单词产生之间存在很强的相关性。这两种形式显示出较高的并发效度，类内相关系数高于0.70，这表明这两种形式可以互换使用，以描述24个月以下儿童的早期交际和语言发展，在评估动作手势产生时特别注意短形式的饱和度。

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Infant Behavior & Development PSYCHOLOGY, DEVELOPMENTAL-

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期刊介绍： Infant Behavior & Development publishes empirical (fundamental and clinical), theoretical, methodological and review papers. Brief reports dealing with behavioral development during infancy (up to 3 years) will also be considered. Papers of an inter- and multidisciplinary nature, for example neuroscience, non-linear dynamics and modelling approaches, are particularly encouraged. Areas covered by the journal include cognitive development, emotional development, perception, perception-action coupling, motor development and socialisation.