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Gender ratio and cognitive profiles in dyslexia: a cross-national study |
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| Authors: | Juan E Jim??nez Claudia Garc??a de la Cadena Linda S Siegel Isabel O??Shanahan Eduardo Garc??a Cristina Rodr??guez |
| Institution: | 1. Facultad de Psicolog??a, Departamento de Psicolog??a Evolutiva y de la Educaci??n, Universidad de La Laguna, Campus de Guajara, 38200, Islas Canarias, Spain 2. Departamento de Psicolog??a, Universidad del Valle, 18 Av. 11-95, Zona 15 VH III, Guatemala City, Guatemala 3. Faculty of Education, Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology and Special Education, University of British Columbia, 2125 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z4, Canada 4. Facultad de Educaci??n, Departamento de Psicolog??a Evolutiva y de la Educaci??n, Universidad de La Laguna, Campus de Guajara, 38200, Islas Canarias, Spain 5. Faculty of Psychology and Education, Department of Developmental Psychology, Vrije Universiteit, van der Boechorststraat 1, Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
| Abstract: | The purpose of this study was to analyze possible gender-related differences in the prevalence of dyslexia. A cross-national comparison of Spain and Guatemala was conducted. Both countries speak the same language but have a different standard of living and educational level. A second purpose of this study was to analyze the cognitive profile of Guatemalan and Spanish males and females children with dyslexia. The log-linear analysis indicated that the number of dyslexics detected was different across the countries but there were no differences as a function of gender. Similarly, there were no significant or meaningful differences between dyslexic males and females in the cognitive processes involved in reading. Therefore, gender differences do not appear to be characteristic of developmental dyslexia. |
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