Reading and writing skills in young adults with spina bifida and hydrocephalus
| Autor: | Maureen Dennis, Marcia A. Barnes, Ross Hetherington |
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| Rok vydání: | 2004 |
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Adult
Male Adolescent Writing media_common.quotation_subject Intelligence Population Neuropsychological Tests Developmental psychology Fingers Fluency Memory Reading (process) medicine Humans Interpersonal Relations education Spinal Dysraphism Language media_common education.field_of_study Working memory Spina bifida General Neuroscience Cognition Verbal Learning Verbal reasoning medicine.disease Psychiatry and Mental health Clinical Psychology Reading Reading comprehension Educational Status Female Neurology (clinical) Psychology Psychomotor Performance Hydrocephalus |
| Zdroj: | Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society. 10:655-663 |
| ISSN: | 1469-7661 1355-6177 |
| DOI: | 10.1017/s1355617704105055 |
| Popis: | Reading and writing were studied in 31 young adults with spina bifida and hydrocephalus (SBH). Like children with this condition, young adults with SBH had better word decoding than reading comprehension, and, compared to population means, had lower scores on a test of writing fluency. Reading comprehension was predicted by word decoding and listening comprehension. Writing was predicted by fine motor finger function, verbal intelligence, and short-term and working memory. These findings are consistent with cognitive models of reading and writing. Writing, but not reading, was related to highest level of education achieved and writing fluency predicted several aspects of functional independence. Reading comprehension and writing remain deficient in adults with SBH and have consequences for educational attainments and functional independence. (JINS, 2004,10, 655–663.) |
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