A longitudinal investigation of childhood communication ability and adolescent psychotic experiences in a community sample.
Schizophr Res
; 173(1-2): 54-61, 2016 May.
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| ID: mdl-26972475
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Some childhood speech and language impairments precede psychosis but it is not clear whether they also precede adolescent psychotic experiences and whether this association is specific to psychotic experiences.METHODS:
Pragmatic language and expressive speech and language (parent-assessed using the Children's Communication Checklist) at age 9 and psychotic experiences and depression at ages 12 and 18 were investigated in 7659 participants from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children. Associations were investigated using multivariate modelling.RESULTS:
Poorer pragmatic language at 9years was associated with psychotic experiences at both ages (12years OR 1.22, 95% CI 1.11, 1.34; 18years OR 1.25, 95% CI 1.10, 1.41) but only with depression at 18years (OR 1.10, 95% CI 1.00, 1.22). Poorer expressive speech and language ability was not associated with psychotic experiences or depression at either age. There was evidence that pragmatic language was specifically associated with psychotic experiences at age 12 but no evidence that the strength of any of the associations changed over time.CONCLUSIONS:
Deficits in pragmatic language precede early and late adolescent psychotic experiences and early adolescent depression. Interventions aimed at helping children improve pragmatic language skills may reduce the incidence of adolescent psychopathology and associated psychological disorder and dysfunction later in life.Key words
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Developmental Disabilities
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Residence Characteristics
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Depression
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Language Disorders
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Mental Disorders
Type of study:
Diagnostic_studies
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Etiology_studies
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Incidence_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limits:
Adolescent
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Child
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Language:
En
Journal:
Schizophr Res
Year:
2016
Document type:
Article