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Predicting adult-age mental health with childhood reading and math disability : do resilience and coping styles matter? (2024)

Aro, T., Özbek, A. B., & Torppa, M. (2024). Predicting adult-age mental health with childhood reading and math disability : do resilience and coping styles matter?. Annals of Dyslexia, 74(1), 97-122. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11881-023-00290-8

JYU-tekijät tai -toimittajat

Aro, Tuija
Torppa, Minna

Julkaisun tiedot

Julkaisun kaikki tekijät tai toimittajat: Aro, Tuija; Özbek, Ahmet Bilal; Torppa, Minna

Lehti tai sarja: Annals of Dyslexia

ISSN: 0736-9387

eISSN: 1934-7243

Julkaisuvuosi: 2024

Ilmestymispäivä: 25.10.2023

Volyymi: 74

Lehden numero: 1

Artikkelin sivunumerot: 97-122

Kustantaja: Springer

Julkaisumaa: Yhdysvallat (USA)

Julkaisun kieli: englanti

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11881-023-00290-8

Julkaisun avoin saatavuus: Avoimesti saatavilla

Julkaisukanavan avoin saatavuus: Osittain avoin julkaisukanava

Julkaisu on rinnakkaistallennettu (JYX): https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/90880

Tiivistelmä

We studied the associations between childhood-identified learning disabilities and adult-age mental health and whether adult-age reading and math skills, coping styles, or resilience influenced the associations. The participants were 159 Finnish adults (60.4% males). Of them, 48 (30%) had a reading disability (RD), 22 (14%) had a math disability (MD), 21 (13%) had RD + MD identified in childhood, and 68 (43%) were population-based controls, matched based on gender, age, and place of residence. At ages 20–40 (Mage = 29), they reported their mental health, coping styles, and resilience, and their reading and math skills were assessed. The hierarchical regression analyses, predicting mental health with RD, MD, and their interaction while controlling for gender and age, indicated that childhood MD predicted the occurrence of more mental health problems in adulthood, but this was not observed in the case of RD. The RDxMD positive interaction effect reflected better mental health in both the RD and the RD + MD groups than in the MD group. Controlling for adult-age reading and math skills had no effect on the association between MD and mental health outcomes while controlling for resilience and coping styles diminished the impact of MD. Strong resilience without the use of an emotion-oriented coping may thus alleviate the association between MD and mental health. As childhood MD can have long-term associations with mental health problems, these issues need to be addressed in school, at work, and in healthcare. Based on our findings, strengthening effective coping and resilience may be one avenue of support.

YSO-asiasanat: lapsuus; oppimisvaikeudet; matemaattiset taidot; lukeminen; lukihäiriöt; aikuisuus; mielenterveys; resilienssi; selviytyminen

Vapaat asiasanat: reading disability; math disability; mental health; resilience; coping styles

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OKM-raportointi: Kyllä

VIRTA-lähetysvuosi: 2023

JUFO-taso: 1