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Associations of inattention, hyperactivity, and sex with behavioral–emotional symptoms among children with mathematical disability (2024)
Aro, T., Eklund, K., Hynd, G., & Ahonen, T. (2024). Associations of inattention, hyperactivity, and sex with behavioral–emotional symptoms among children with mathematical disability. Children and Youth Services Review, 162, Article 107717. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2024.107717
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Julkaisun tiedot
Julkaisun kaikki tekijät tai toimittajat: Aro, Tuija; Eklund, Kenneth; Hynd, George; Ahonen, Timo
Lehti tai sarja: Children and Youth Services Review
ISSN: 0190-7409
eISSN: 1873-7765
Julkaisuvuosi: 2024
Ilmestymispäivä: 29.05.2024
Volyymi: 162
Artikkelinumero: 107717
Kustantaja: Elsevier
Julkaisumaa: Britannia
Julkaisun kieli: englanti
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2024.107717
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Julkaisu on rinnakkaistallennettu (JYX): https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/95551
Tiivistelmä
We studied the association between inattention and hyperactivity symptoms and other behavioral–emotional symptoms among children with mathematical disability after controlling for severity of the mathematical disability and comorbid reading disability. We also analyzed the effects of sex.
Method
Participants were 362 Finnish elementary school children (Mage = 10.25; SDage = 1.08) who attended a clinic which specialized in assessment of learning disabilities. Inattention, hyperactivity, and other behavioral–emotional symptoms were assessed with teacher ratings (TRF/ASEBA). Mathematics and reading were assessed as part of the clinical assessment with grade-normed tests. The mathematical disability was identified during the assessment process. Hierarchical regression analyses were used to analyze the associations.
Results
The percentages of children showing behavioral–emotional problems were high varying between 10 and 42% depending on the problem scale and sex. Problems of inattention and hyperactivity were also common, and the direct contributions of inattention to internalizing symptoms (explaining 2–20% of the variability) and of hyperactivity to externalizing symptoms (explaining 20–22% of the variability) were substantial. Mathematical disability severity and comorbid reading disability had minimal contribution, and inattention and hyperactivity partially negated these contributions. Inattention and hyperactivity had additional contributions to internalizing and externalizing symptoms moderated by sex. Inattention increased somatic (7%), affective (22%), and conduct symptoms (4%) only among boys. Hyperactivity increased oppositional defiant symptoms (21%), especially among boys.
Conclusions
The results underline the importance of addressing behavioral–emotional problems among children with mathematical disability. As inattention symptoms and hyperactivity symptoms contribute to the occurrence of other behavioral–emotional symptoms, they should be considered in the assessment process and support planning of children with mathematical disability. Longitudinal design is needed to understand how especially inattention contributes to the formation of behavioral–emotional symptoms among children with mathematical disability.
YSO-asiasanat: kouluikäiset; oppimisvaikeudet; matemaattiset taidot; lukihäiriöt; tarkkaavaisuus; hyperaktiivisuus; käyttäytymishäiriöt; tunne-elämän häiriöt; komorbiditeetti; sukupuolierot
Vapaat asiasanat: mathematical disability; comorbid reading disability; behavioral–emotional symptoms; inattention; hyperactivity
Liittyvät organisaatiot
OKM-raportointi: Kyllä
Raportointivuosi: 2024
Alustava JUFO-taso: 1
