TY - JOUR AU - Anderson, Holly AU - Elsner, Robert J.F. PY - 2014 TI - EXPOSURE TO “TEXTISMS” DOES NOT LOWER SPELLING SCORES FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AGED CHILDREN JF - Current Research in Psychology VL - 5 IS - 2 DO - 10.3844/crpsp.2014.89.95 UR - https://thescipub.com/abstract/crpsp.2014.89.95 AB - “Textisms” are semi-standardized abbreviations and conventions uses in SMS text messaging. Students in the fourth and fifth grades (N = 136) were exposed to words on a spelling list as correctly-spelled words, incorrectly-spelled words, or “textisms” to determine whether short term exposure to “textisms” decreased spelling performance for elementary aged children. Multivariate ANOVA found exposure type significantly impacted post-exposure spelling, F(3,132) = 5.483, p