Compounding effects of domain-general cognitive weaknesses and reading difficulties on anxiety symptoms in youth

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nina Anderson ◽  
Michelle Rozenman ◽  
Bruce F Pennington ◽  
Erik Willcutt ◽  
Lauren McGrath
Keyword(s):  
Executive Functioning ◽  
Peer Review ◽  
Processing Speed ◽  
Reading Difficulties ◽  
Anxiety Symptoms ◽  
Increased Risk

This study examined whether domain-general cognitive weaknesses in processing speed (PS) or executive functioning (EF) compound risk for anxiety in children with reading difficulties. The sample included 755 youth ages 8-16 who were recruited as part of the [blinded for peer review]. Lower scores on PS (R2=.007, p=.014) and EF (R2=.009, p=.006) were associated with higher anxiety scores. Additionally, the reading x cognitive interactions were significant, such that lower scores on PS (R2=.010, p=.005) or EF (R2=.013, p=.010) combined with lower reading were associated with higher than expected anxiety symptoms. Results suggest that weaknesses in PS and EF may be associated with higher anxiety symptoms, and this anxiety risk may be compounded in youth with reading difficulties. These findings can guide assessment approaches for identifying youth with reading challenges who may be at increased risk for anxiety.

Executive Functioning and Processing Speed in Elementary Students

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah E. Paret ◽  
Lindsay Mcguirk ◽  
Jeffrey A. Miller ◽  
Jessica Blasik ◽  
Molly Scott ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Executive Functioning ◽  
Elementary Students ◽  
Processing Speed

Language-Based Difficulties in School-Age Children with Reading Disabilities

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kaitlyn Price ◽  
Karen Wigg ◽  
Virginia Misener ◽  
Antoine Clarke ◽  
Natalie Yeung ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Reading Disabilities ◽  
Word Reading ◽  
Speech Sound ◽  
Reading Difficulties ◽  
Receptive Language ◽  
School Age Children ◽  
Speech And Language ◽  
School Aged Children ◽  
Increased Risk ◽  
Language Difficulties

Background: Reading disabilities (RD) are the most common learning disabilities, affecting 3-7% of school-aged children in North America. RD is associated with increased risk for comorbid language-based disorders including early language delay (ELD), speech sound disorders, and language impairments. Despite decades of research on the relationship between RD and these disorders, questions remain as to the strength of their associations. This study is the first of this size to assess all four disorders in a sample of children with RD. Method: We examined the association these disorders in a large, well-characterized family-based sample, recruited for reading difficulties in school-aged children. Parents of 492 families (674 children) completed a questionnaire that queried ELD, and current speech and language difficulties in their children. Children were also directly assessed for multiple quantitative measures of language and reading. Children were divided into three groups: Reading Disabled (RD), Intermediate Readers (IR), and Typical Readers (TR). Results: We found that the parents of the RD and IR groups reported significantly more ELD and current speech and expressive/receptive language difficulties in their children, compared with the TR group. When examined further, we found ELD was associated with poorer performance on word reading and decoding tasks, as well as with speech and language difficulties. Conclusion: The results demonstrate multiple significant associations between reading difficulties, ELD, speech and language, especially in children with severe RD. The results add to research supporting comorbidity between these disorders and will help inform teachers and psychologists when assessing and treating children’s language-based disabilities.

Multiple developmental pathways underlying conduct problems: A multitrajectory framework

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Jules R. Dugré ◽  
Stéphane Potvin
Keyword(s):  
Conduct Disorder ◽  
Conduct Problems ◽  
Latent Class ◽  
Population Based ◽  
Anxiety Symptoms ◽  
Behavioral Approach ◽  
Parameter Estimates ◽  
Childhood And Adolescence ◽  
Increased Risk ◽  
Psychological Features

Abstract In the past decades, there has been an overemphasis of a descriptive/behavioral approach to study conduct disorder. In an equifinal perspective, we aimed to examine the developmental multitrajectory groups of psychological features (irritability, interpersonal callousness, hyperactivity/impulsivity, and depressive–anxiety symptoms) and their associations with conduct problems. In a population-based cohort (n = 1,309 participants followed from 5 months to 17 years old), latent-class growth analysis was performed for each psychological feature to identify a two-trajectory model (from ages 6 to 12 years). Based on parameter estimates of the two-trajectory models for each of the four psychological features, a parallel process growth mixture model identified eight significant developmental patterns that were subsequently compared with typically developing children. Furthermore, we observed that while interpersonal callousness conferred an increased risk for childhood and adolescence conduct problems, its co-occurrence with hyperactivity/impulsivity, irritability, and/or depressive–anxiety symptoms heightened the general risk, but also predicted distinct subtypes of conduct problems (i.e., aggressive and rule-breaking behaviors). Thus, by studying complex developmental combinations of psychological features, we observed qualitatively distinct pathways towards conduct problems. A multitrajectory framework of psychological features should be considered as a significant step towards unveiling the multiple etiological pathways leading to conduct disorder and its substantial clinical heterogeneity.

scholarly journals Specificity of executive functioning and processing speed problems in common psychopathology.

2017 ◽  
Vol 31 (4) ◽  
pp. 448-466 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joel T. Nigg ◽  
Jennifer M. Jester ◽  
Gillian M. Stavro ◽  
Ka I. Ip ◽  
Leon I. Puttler ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Executive Functioning ◽  
Processing Speed

scholarly journals Childhood Executive Functioning Predicts Young Adult Outcomes in22q11.2Deletion Syndrome

2018 ◽  
Vol 24 (9) ◽  
pp. 905-916 ◽  
Author(s):  
Avery B. Albert ◽  
Tamara Abu-Ramadan ◽  
Wendy R. Kates ◽  
Wanda Fremont ◽  
Kevin M. Antshel
Keyword(s):  
Young Adult ◽  
Executive Functioning ◽  
22Q11.2 Deletion Syndrome ◽  
Parent Report ◽  
Deletion Syndrome ◽  
Functional Impairments ◽  
Adult Outcomes ◽  
Young Adult Outcomes ◽  
Increased Risk ◽  
And Performance

AbstractObjective:While individuals with 22q11.2 deletion syndrome (22q11DS) are at increased risk for a variety of functional impairments and psychiatric disorders, including psychosis, not all individuals with 22q11DS experience negative outcomes. Efforts to further understand which childhood variables best predict adult functional outcomes are needed, especially those that investigate childhood executive functioning abilities.Methods:This longitudinal study followed 63 individuals with 22q11DS and 43 control participants over 9 years. Childhood executive functioning ability was assessed using both rater-based and performance-based measures and tested as predictors of young adult outcomes.Results:Childhood global executive functioning abilities and parent report of child executive functioning abilities were the most consistent predictors of young adult outcomes. The study group moderated the relationship between child executive functioning and young adult outcomes for several outcomes such that the relationships were stronger in the 22q11DS sample.Conclusion:Rater-based and performance-based measures of childhood executive functioning abilities predicted young adult outcomes in individuals with and without 22q11DS. Executive functioning could be a valuable target for treatment in children with 22q11DS for improving not only childhood functioning but also adult outcomes.(JINS,2018,24, 905–916)

scholarly journals Dimensions of Executive Functioning in Schizophrenia and Their Relationship With Processing Speed

2010 ◽  
Vol 38 (4) ◽  
pp. 760-768 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gauri N. Savla ◽  
Elizabeth W. Twamley ◽  
Dean C. Delis ◽  
Scott C. Roesch ◽  
Dilip V. Jeste ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Executive Functioning ◽  
Processing Speed

scholarly journals Mathematics Skills and Executive Functions Following Preterm Birth: A Longitudinal Study of 5-to 7- Year Old Children

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julia Anna Adrian ◽  
Frank Haist ◽  
Natacha Akshoomoff
Keyword(s):  
Working Memory ◽  
Executive Functions ◽  
Processing Speed ◽  
Spatial Working Memory ◽  
Working Memory Capacity ◽  
Full Term ◽  
Healthy Children ◽  
Time Points ◽  
Mathematics Skills ◽  
Increased Risk

Early mathematics skills are an important predictor of later academic, economic and personal success. Children born preterm, about 10% of the US population, have an increased risk of deficits in mathematics. These deficits may be related to lower levels of executive functions and processing speed. We investigated the development of mathematics skills, working memory, inhibitory control and processing speed of healthy children born very preterm (between 25 and 32 weeks gestational age, n=51) and full-term (n=29). Children were tested annually from ages 5 to 7 years. We found persistent lower overall mathematics skills in the preterm group, driven by differences in more informal skills (e.g. counting) at earlier time points, and by differences in more formal skills (e.g. calculation) at later time points. We did not find significant differences between preterm and full-term born children in spatial working memory capacity or processing speed. However, these cognitive measures were significant predictors of mathematics skills in the preterm but not the full-term group, hinting towards the use of different strategies when solving problems.

scholarly journals SLEEP: intervention with weighted blankets for children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and sleep problems: study protocol for a randomised control trial

BMJ Open ◽  
2022 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. e047509
Author(s):  
Ingrid Larsson ◽  
Katarina Aili ◽  
Jens M Nygren ◽  
Pia Johansson ◽  
Håkan Jarbin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder ◽  
Peer Review ◽  
Attention Deficit ◽  
Sleep Problems ◽  
Randomised Control Trial ◽  
Pharmacological Intervention ◽  
Hyperactivity Disorder ◽  
Life Years ◽  
Increased Risk ◽  
Health Related

Introduction and objectivesChildren with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) have an increased risk of sleep problems. Weighted blankets are one possible non-pharmacological intervention for these problems in this group of children. However, the effectiveness of weighted blankets is insufficiently investigated. This study aims to investigate the effectiveness of weighted blankets in terms of sleep, health-related outcomes and cost-effectiveness as well as to explore children’s and parents’ experiences of a sleep intervention with weighted blankets.Methods and analysisThis study is a randomised placebo-controlled crossover trial comparing the effect of weighted fibre blankets (active) with fibre blankets without weight (control). Children aged 6–13 years, recently diagnosed with uncomplicated ADHD with verified sleep problems, were included in the study. The study period is 4 weeks for each condition, respectively, and then an 8-week follow-up. A total of 100 children diagnosed with ADHD and sleep problems will enter the study. The primary outcomes are sleep and cost per quality-adjusted life years. The secondary outcomes are health-related quality of life, ADHD symptoms, psychological distress and anxiety. Interviews with a subsample of the participating children and parents will be conducted for exploring the experiences of the intervention.Ethics and disseminationEthical approval of the trial has been obtained from the Swedish Ethical Review Authority (number 2019–-2158) and conforms to the principles outlined in the Declaration of Helsinki (WMA, 2013). Results will be reported as presentations at peer-review conferences, in articles in peer-review journals and meetings with healthcare providers.Trial registration numberNCT04180189.

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