Research Article
Confrontation Naming and Reading Abilities at Primary School: A Longitudinal Study
Table 3
Bivariate correlations between BNT, IQ, and reading abilities at each school year.
| | Year | Nonverbal IQ | Story Syll.s/sec | Words Syll.s/sec | Pseudowords Syll.s/sec | Story errors | Words errors | Pseudowords errors | Comprehension | Pearson’s | Spearman’s rho |
| Boston Naming Test scores | I | 0.338 | 0.321 | NA | NA | −0.241° | NA | NA | 0.475 | II | 0.248 | 0.309 | 0.155 | 0.020 | −0.237° | −0.294° | −0.104 | 0.425 | III | 0.423 | 0.457 | 0.282° | 0.215° | −0.240° | −0.319 | −0.211° | 0.469 | IV | 0.369 | 0.404 | 0.305 | 0.259° | −0.157 | −0.284° | −0.207° | 0.508 | V | 0.402 | 0.419 | 0.386 | 0.235° | −0.173 | −0.125 | −0.219° | 0.426 |
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NA = not administered because word and pseudoword reading tests are available only from the second year onwards. . °.
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