Dionysios Tafiadis
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 81694 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Dionysios Tafiadis |
| PRENOMES | Dionysios |
| SOBRENOME | Tafiadis |
| ASSINATURA | TAFIADIS D |
| AFILIAÇÕES | University of Ioannina |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7317-4106 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 11 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 5 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 11 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2020 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 1 |
Language assessment in bilingual populations
The aim of the study is to present the standardization of the Gender Assessment tool designed for typically developing Greek-speaking children. The Gender Assessment tool exploits lexical and grammatical gender and taps on two syntactic operations, namely gender assignment and gender agreement in real and novel nouns. We administered it to an extensive pool of 8 to 12 year-old speakers, specifically 110 monolingual Greek-speaking children and 308…
Validation of the Brief Autism Mealtime Behavior Inventory in Parents of Children in Cyprus
Background/Objectives: Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) includes significant feeding difficulties, behavioral issues, and communication deficits that are linked to serious medical complications and developmental challenges. The Brief Autism Mealtime Behavior Inventory (BAMBI) is a commonly used tool to screen for mealtime behavior problems in children with ASD; however, it lacks validation for use within the Greek-Cypriot population. The current st…
Impact of Children's Feeding/Swallowing Difficulties on Parents
Feeding and swallowing disorders (FSDs) are common in both typically developing children and those with complex medical or developmental needs, leading to health issues and significant strain on parents/caregivers. This study aimed to translate and adapt the Feeding and Swallowing Impact Survey into Greek, providing a validated tool to assess the impact of these disorders on caregivers' quality of life. The study group included 92 parents and car…
A Prospective Study of the Family Quality of Life, Illness Perceptions, and Coping in Mothers of Children Newly Diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Communication Difficulties
(1) Background: This study assesses the impact of mothers’ illness perceptions about autism spectrum disorder and their coping strategies on the family’s quality of life during the initial period following diagnosis and one year afterward. (2) Method: The sample consisted of 53 mothers of children newly diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder and having communication difficulties who completed the following: the Beach Center Family Quality of Lif…
Lexical Knowledge in School-Aged Children with High-Functioning Autism Spectrum Disorder
Background: This quasi-experimental comparative group study examined vocabulary knowledge and its associations with other language skills in Greek-speaking children with high-functioning Autism Spectrum Disorder and mild language impairment (HF-ASDLI) and typically developing (TD) peers. Methods: 25 children aged 7-10 years old participated in each group. Groups were matched in age, gender, and non-verbal IQ. Naming and word definition tasks were…
The Communication Patterns between Speech-Language Therapists and Parents/Guardians of Children with Developmental Language Disorders in Private Speech-Language Therapy in Cyprus
Children with developmental language disorder (DLD) experience communication difficulties and receive speech-language therapy (SLT) services in public schools and/or private clinics in Cyprus. This study aims to analyze the context and content of communication between parents/guardians (P/Gs) and speech-language therapists (SLTs) in private practice. The conducted cross-sectional study utilized nonprobability convenience sampling to recruit P/Gs …
Measures of Naturalistic Language for Dialect-Speaking Children
The aim of this study was to longitudinally examine mean length of utterance in words (MLU-w) and number of different words (NDW) and their association in children speaking Cypriot Greek (CG), a dialect for which such measures of language development have not been adequately investigated. Language samples from 36 typically developing monolingual CG-speaking children were collected at 4-month intervals from the age of 3;0 until 4;0 through free-pl…
Standardization of the Gender Assignment and Agreement Assessment in the Greek Language
1) Background: Given the scarcity of data on the psychometric evaluation of measures used with typically developing Greek-speaking bilinguals, this study aims to present preliminary evidence for the standardization and the psychometric evaluation of a gender assignment and agreement assessment designed for the Greek language (henceforth, GAAGL Assessment) employing real and pseudo-words. This is the first study to standardize the GAAGL Assessment…
Validation of a Greek Sentence Repetition Task with Typically Developing Monolingual and Bilingual Children
Oral diadochokinetic rates for real words and non-words in Greek-speaking children
This study examined the performance of Greek monolingual typically developing (TD) children on diadochokinetic (DDK) rates in real words and non-words and attempted to establish normative data for Greek. The effects of age, type of stimuli and gender were investigated. A total of 380 children aged 4.0–15.0 years as well as a control group of 313 adults participated in the study. Age significantly affected DDK performance, yet normative data diffe…
Trapezountian Pontic Greek in Etoloakarnania
The variety described here is Pontic Greek (ISO 639 name: pnt), and specifically the variety that originates from Trapezounta in Asia Minor (present-day Trabzon in Turkey) as spoken today in Etoloakarnania, Greece by second-generation refugees. The term ‘Pontic Greek’ (in Greek: ) was originally an etic term, while Pontians called their language by other names, mainly [ɾoˈmeika] ‘Romeika’ (Sitaridou 2016) but also [laziˈka] ‘Laz language’ (Dretta…
Validation of a Greek Sentence Repetition Task with Typically Developing Monolingual and Bilingual Children
Lexical Knowledge in School-Aged Children with High-Functioning Autism Spectrum Disorder
Background: This quasi-experimental comparative group study examined vocabulary knowledge and its associations with other language skills in Greek-speaking children with high-functioning Autism Spectrum Disorder and mild language impairment (HF-ASDLI) and typically developing (TD) peers. Methods: 25 children aged 7-10 years old participated in each group. Groups were matched in age, gender, and non-verbal IQ. Naming and word definition tasks were…
Measures of Naturalistic Language for Dialect-Speaking Children
The aim of this study was to longitudinally examine mean length of utterance in words (MLU-w) and number of different words (NDW) and their association in children speaking Cypriot Greek (CG), a dialect for which such measures of language development have not been adequately investigated. Language samples from 36 typically developing monolingual CG-speaking children were collected at 4-month intervals from the age of 3;0 until 4;0 through free-pl…
Standardization of the Gender Assignment and Agreement Assessment in the Greek Language
1) Background: Given the scarcity of data on the psychometric evaluation of measures used with typically developing Greek-speaking bilinguals, this study aims to present preliminary evidence for the standardization and the psychometric evaluation of a gender assignment and agreement assessment designed for the Greek language (henceforth, GAAGL Assessment) employing real and pseudo-words. This is the first study to standardize the GAAGL Assessment…
Trapezountian Pontic Greek in Etoloakarnania
The variety described here is Pontic Greek (ISO 639 name: pnt), and specifically the variety that originates from Trapezounta in Asia Minor (present-day Trabzon in Turkey) as spoken today in Etoloakarnania, Greece by second-generation refugees. The term ‘Pontic Greek’ (in Greek: ) was originally an etic term, while Pontians called their language by other names, mainly [ɾoˈmeika] ‘Romeika’ (Sitaridou 2016) but also [laziˈka] ‘Laz language’ (Dretta…
Oral diadochokinetic rates for real words and non-words in Greek-speaking children
This study examined the performance of Greek monolingual typically developing (TD) children on diadochokinetic (DDK) rates in real words and non-words and attempted to establish normative data for Greek. The effects of age, type of stimuli and gender were investigated. A total of 380 children aged 4.0–15.0 years as well as a control group of 313 adults participated in the study. Age significantly affected DDK performance, yet normative data diffe…
Validation of a Greek Sentence Repetition Task with Typically Developing Monolingual and Bilingual Children
The Communication Patterns between Speech-Language Therapists and Parents/Guardians of Children with Developmental Language Disorders in Private Speech-Language Therapy in Cyprus
Children with developmental language disorder (DLD) experience communication difficulties and receive speech-language therapy (SLT) services in public schools and/or private clinics in Cyprus. This study aims to analyze the context and content of communication between parents/guardians (P/Gs) and speech-language therapists (SLTs) in private practice. The conducted cross-sectional study utilized nonprobability convenience sampling to recruit P/Gs …
Measures of Naturalistic Language for Dialect-Speaking Children
The aim of this study was to longitudinally examine mean length of utterance in words (MLU-w) and number of different words (NDW) and their association in children speaking Cypriot Greek (CG), a dialect for which such measures of language development have not been adequately investigated. Language samples from 36 typically developing monolingual CG-speaking children were collected at 4-month intervals from the age of 3;0 until 4;0 through free-pl…
Standardization of the Gender Assignment and Agreement Assessment in the Greek Language
1) Background: Given the scarcity of data on the psychometric evaluation of measures used with typically developing Greek-speaking bilinguals, this study aims to present preliminary evidence for the standardization and the psychometric evaluation of a gender assignment and agreement assessment designed for the Greek language (henceforth, GAAGL Assessment) employing real and pseudo-words. This is the first study to standardize the GAAGL Assessment…
A Prospective Study of the Family Quality of Life, Illness Perceptions, and Coping in Mothers of Children Newly Diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Communication Difficulties
(1) Background: This study assesses the impact of mothers’ illness perceptions about autism spectrum disorder and their coping strategies on the family’s quality of life during the initial period following diagnosis and one year afterward. (2) Method: The sample consisted of 53 mothers of children newly diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder and having communication difficulties who completed the following: the Beach Center Family Quality of Lif…
Lexical Knowledge in School-Aged Children with High-Functioning Autism Spectrum Disorder
Background: This quasi-experimental comparative group study examined vocabulary knowledge and its associations with other language skills in Greek-speaking children with high-functioning Autism Spectrum Disorder and mild language impairment (HF-ASDLI) and typically developing (TD) peers. Methods: 25 children aged 7-10 years old participated in each group. Groups were matched in age, gender, and non-verbal IQ. Naming and word definition tasks were…
Validation of the Brief Autism Mealtime Behavior Inventory in Parents of Children in Cyprus
Background/Objectives: Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) includes significant feeding difficulties, behavioral issues, and communication deficits that are linked to serious medical complications and developmental challenges. The Brief Autism Mealtime Behavior Inventory (BAMBI) is a commonly used tool to screen for mealtime behavior problems in children with ASD; however, it lacks validation for use within the Greek-Cypriot population. The current st…
Impact of Children's Feeding/Swallowing Difficulties on Parents
Feeding and swallowing disorders (FSDs) are common in both typically developing children and those with complex medical or developmental needs, leading to health issues and significant strain on parents/caregivers. This study aimed to translate and adapt the Feeding and Swallowing Impact Survey into Greek, providing a validated tool to assess the impact of these disorders on caregivers' quality of life. The study group included 92 parents and car…
Language assessment in bilingual populations
The aim of the study is to present the standardization of the Gender Assessment tool designed for typically developing Greek-speaking children. The Gender Assessment tool exploits lexical and grammatical gender and taps on two syntactic operations, namely gender assignment and gender agreement in real and novel nouns. We administered it to an extensive pool of 8 to 12 year-old speakers, specifically 110 monolingual Greek-speaking children and 308…
Psychology (9 obras) · Language Development and Disorders (7 obras) · Developmental psychology (6 obras) · Linguistics (6 obras) · Family and Disability Support Research (4 obras) · Reading and Literacy Development (4 obras) · Autism (3 obras) · Autism Spectrum Disorder Research (3 obras) · Clinical Psychology (3 obras) · Medicine (3 obras)