Are comorbidities of poor reading related to elevated anxiety in children?
Journal article
McArthur, Genevieve, Doust, Amy, Banales, Erin, Robidoux, Serje and Kohnen, Saskia Regina. (2024). Are comorbidities of poor reading related to elevated anxiety in children? Annals of Dyslexia. 74(1), pp. 47-65. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11881-023-00292-6
Authors | McArthur, Genevieve, Doust, Amy, Banales, Erin, Robidoux, Serje and Kohnen, Saskia Regina |
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Abstract | Studies of the association between dyslexia and mental health have typically tried to minimise the influence of dyslexia comorbidities on the outcomes. However, in the “real world”, many children with dyslexia have these comorbidities. In this study, we tested (1) if children with dyslexia with three common comorbidities — inattention, hyperactivity, language difficulties — experience more anxiety than children with dyslexia without these comorbidities; and (2) if any type of comorbidity is related to a certain type of anxiety (reading, social, generalised, or separation). The data of 82 children with dyslexia (mean age = 9 years and 4 months; 25 girls) were analysed using Fisher exact tests, which revealed that those with inattention (40.54%) or hyperactivity (42.30%) were statistically significantly more likely to experience elevated anxiety than children with dyslexia without these comorbidities (8.11 and 14.28%, respectively). This was not the case for language difficulties (24.5% versus 30%). Spearman ρ correlations (α = .05) indicated significant moderate relationships between inattention and reading anxiety (.27), social anxiety (.37), and generalised anxiety (.24); and between hyperactivity and social anxiety (.24) and generalised anxiety (.28). There were no significant correlations between language and anxiety. Examination of highly inter-correlated variables suggested a specific relationship between one type of comorbidity (inattention) and one type of anxiety (reading anxiety). |
Keywords | Anxiety; Hyperactivity; Inattention; Language difficulties; Poor reading |
Year | 01 Jan 2024 |
Journal | Annals of Dyslexia |
Journal citation | 74 (1), pp. 47-65 |
Publisher | Springer New York LLC |
ISSN | 0736-9387 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1007/s11881-023-00292-6 |
Web address (URL) | https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11881-023-00292-6 |
Open access | Published as ‘gold’ (paid) open access |
Research or scholarly | Research |
Page range | 47-65 |
Publisher's version | License All rights reserved File Access Level Controlled |
Output status | Published |
Publication dates | |
Apr 2024 | |
Publication process dates | |
Accepted | 01 Nov 2023 |
Deposited | 27 Aug 2024 |
Additional information | © The Author(s), under exclusive licence to The International Dyslexia Association, 2023. |
Place of publication | United States |
https://acuresearchbank.acu.edu.au/item/90x61/are-comorbidities-of-poor-reading-related-to-elevated-anxiety-in-children
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