Event-related potentials and behavioral assessment : a 20 year follow-up of adults who were diagnosed as reading disabled in childhood
- UNCG Author/Contributor (non-UNCG co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- Cecile Edith Naylor (Creator)
- Institution
- The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG )
- Web Site: http://library.uncg.edu/
- Advisor
- M. Russell Harter
Abstract: The purpose of this study was twofold: (a) to identify physiological correlates of reading disability in adults based on childhood studies by Harter et al. (in press); and (b) to identify physiological correlates of reading improvement from childhood to adulthood. The subjects were 38 males, 32 of whom had been tested in childhood. Of those 32, 24 met the criteria of specific reading disability in childhood. All subjects scored in the normal range in childhood and adulthood on intelligence measures. Subjects with reading disability (RD) in childhood were fairly successful in terms of educational and vocational attainment. All had finished high school and were gainfully employed at the time of the study. Subjects with RD tended to be in slightly lower socioeconomic strata (SES) compared to their fathers. No behavioral or historical variables were found to predict adult reading scores or reading improvement. These included SES in childhood, family history of reading disability, and presence of symptoms of attention deficit disorder.
Event-related potentials and behavioral assessment : a 20 year follow-up of adults who were diagnosed as reading disabled in childhood
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- Publication
- Dissertation
- Language: English
- Date: 1987
- Subjects
- Reading disability $x Research
- Reading $x Ability testing