Abstract
The aim of this study was to investigate if children with dyslexia displayed more behavioural/emotional problems than normal readers did. Twenty-six children with dyslexia and a control of 26 children without reading problems participated in the study. The mean age in the dyslexia group was 9 years and 8 months and in the control group 9 years and 10 months. The estimated mean intelligence quotient score was 94 in the dyslexia and 100 in the control group. Parents and teachers provided information on behaviour through Child Behavior Checklist and Teacher's Report Form. Only teachers reported significant group differences. Ratings from both groups showed, however, higher mean values of internalizing, externalizing and total problem behaviour in the dyslexia group compared to controls. Parents informed on a higher number of participants with dyslexia to have internalizing behaviour above the clinical cut-off point, while teachers reported a higher number with externalizing behaviour. Both parents and teache...
Highlights
The aim of this study was to investigate if children with dyslexia displayed more behavioural/emotional problems than normal readers did
There were no significant differences in age or estimated intelligence quotient (IQ) between the two groups
The present study examined the co-occurrence of dyslexia and behavioural problems
Summary
The aim of this study was to investigate if children with dyslexia displayed more behavioural/emotional problems than normal readers did. Parents informed on a higher number of participants with dyslexia to have internalizing behaviour above the clinical cut-off point, while teachers reported a higher number with externalizing behaviour. There are, relatively few Scandinavian studies in this field (Dahle, Knivsberg, and Andreassen 2011; Heiervang et al 2001; Undheim 2003), and only a few of the studies have inspected behavioural problems reported from both parents and teachers. Scandinavian children with dyslexia will be extra vulnerable if we do not succeed in identifying co-occurring behavioural difficulties This was the rationale for the current study where 26 ten-year-old Norwegian children with dyslexia, due to phonological deficits, participated. All terms indicate social and/or emotional problem, but do not provide specific information about the behaviour
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