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KMID : 1036820160210040642
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Communication Sciences & Disorders
2016 Volume.21 No. 4 p.642 ~ p.652
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Effects of Literacy and Education on Semantic Fluency in the Korean Elderly
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Lee Jin-Kyung
Kang Yeon-Wook
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Abstract
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Objectives: The present study was conducted to examine the effects of literacy and education on semantic fluency and to compare them to two semantic categories such as animal and supermarket.
Methods: Normal healthy elderly (N=306; mean age: 72.8±7.8 years; 151 male, 155 female) participated in the study. The participants were classified into 7 groups: illiterate group (N=30), no schooling but literate group (N=40), lower grade of elementary school group (N=24), higher grade of elementary school group (N=55), middle school group (N=52), high school group (N=51), and college group (N=54). All of the participants were given the semantic (animal & supermarket) fluency test.
Results: There was a significant group difference between the illiterate and no schooling but literate groups in the animal category, whereas no significant group difference was found between the illiterate and lower grade of elementary school groups in the supermarket category. In the animal category, there was no significant group difference between the no schooling but literate and middle school groups or between the high school and college groups, whereas the performance was better on the supermarket category test in the higher grade of elementary school than the illiterate groups, and in the middle school than no schooling but literate groups, and in the college than high school groups.
Conclusion: The results suggest that literacy has a stronger influence on animal fluency while education has a stronger influence on supermarket fluency.
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KEYWORD
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Literacy, Education, Semantic fluency, Animal category, Supermarket category
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