Literacy difficulties and psychiatric disorders: evidence for comorbidity.
J Child Psychol Psychiatry
; 46(5): 524-32, 2005 May.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Literacy difficulties show high levels of comorbidity with both disruptive and emotional disorders, but questions remain over the nature and specificity of these links.METHOD:
Relationships between specific literacy difficulties and psychiatric disorder were investigated in a large-scale national sample of children aged 9 to 15 years.RESULTS:
Specific literacy difficulties were more common in children from lower socio-economic backgrounds, and were significantly associated with increased risks of Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (especially inattentive symptomatology), Conduct Disorder and anxiety disorders in both girls and boys, and with self-reports of depressed mood in boys. Associations between literacy difficulties and diagnoses of both Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and Conduct Disorder (CD) were mediated by inattentiveness, as were links with low mood. Links between specific literacy difficulties and anxiety were of a different nature, suggestive of a direct impact of literacy problems on risk for anxiety disorders.CONCLUSIONS:
Literacy difficulties are significantly associated with externalizing disorders via inattention, but may constitute a more immediate risk factor for naturally anxious children to develop clinically significant levels of anxiety.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Banco de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Trastornos Mentales
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Límite:
Adolescent
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Child
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Child, preschool
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Child Psychol Psychiatry
Año:
2005
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Reino Unido