Children With Dyslexia: Not Necessarily at Risk for Elevated Internalizing Symptoms |
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| Authors: | Email author" target="_blank">Carlin?J?MillerEmail author George?W?Hynd Scott?R?Miller |
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| Institution: | (1) Department of Psychology, Queens College, City University of New York, 65-30 Kissena Blvd., Flushing, NY 11367-1579, USA;(2) Center for Clinical and Developmental Neuropsychology, University of Georgia, USA;(3) School of Education, Purdue University, USA;(4) Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, The Mount Sinai School of Medicine, USA |
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| Abstract: | The risk for internalizing disorders in children with learning disabilities is frequently debated in the research community
and empirical responses are equivocal. For educators and clinicians, the frequent assumption is that children with dyslexia
also have at least subtle emotional problems. In this study, school-age children with reading problems and their siblings
(N=79) were referred for neuropsychological evaluation. As part of the assessment process, parents, teachers, and the child
were asked to rate the child’s level of internalizing symptoms on several behavior rating scales. Results from analyses of
the data, using both discrepancy and reading cut scores for diagnosis of dyslexia, suggest that children with dyslexia are
not at elevated risk for behaviors related to anxiety, depression, and somatization. Additionally, children at the lowest
end of the reading distribution were no more likely to have significant internalizing symptoms than children with less impaired
reading. |
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| Keywords: | Dyslexia Learning disabilities Internalizing symptoms |
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