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Reading Disabilities With and Without Behaviour Problems at 7–8 Years: Prediction from Longitudinal Data from Infancy to 6 Years
Author(s) -
Sanson Ann,
Prior Margot,
Smart Diana
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
journal of child psychology and psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.652
H-Index - 211
eISSN - 1469-7610
pISSN - 0021-9630
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-7610.1996.tb01439.x
Subject(s) - psychology , temperament , developmental psychology , longitudinal study , el niño , reading (process) , pediatrics , personality , medicine , social psychology , political science , law , pathology
Seven‐year‐old children with reading disabilities (RD‐only), behaviour problems (BP‐only), both conditions (RD‐BP) and neither condition (Comparison) were compared on indices including temperament and behaviour, gathered in five periods between infancy and 6 years of age. The RD‐BP group differed clearly from the RD‐only group from infancy onwards. This comorbid group was similar to the BP‐only group, while the RD‐only group was similar to the Comparison group, until school age. The gender composition of the two RD groups differed, and the RD‐BP boys showed the most problematic characteristics. The findings indicate different developmental pathways for ‘pure’ RD children and those with comorbid BPs.