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[Internalizing and externalizing syndrome in reading and writing disorders]
Andreas Bäcker1, Gerhard Neuhäuser
1Zentrum für Kinderheilkunde und Jugendmedizin, Abteilung Neuro- und Sozialpädiatrie, Sozialpädiatrisches Zentrum, Feulgenstrasse 12, 35385 Giessen. andreas.baecker@paediat.med.uni-giessen.de
Praxis Der Kinderpsychologie Und Kinderpsychiatrie
|July 4, 2003
Summary
Children with dyslexia show significantly higher rates of behavioral disorders, particularly internalizing problems. This highlights a critical need for integrated psychological and educational support for these children.
Area of Science:
- Child psychology
- Developmental psychology
- Clinical psychology
Background:
- Dyslexia is often associated with behavioral and emotional challenges.
- Previous research has explored comorbidity in clinical samples, but specific patterns in dyslexia require further investigation.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate the prevalence and comorbidity of internalizing and externalizing syndromes in a clinical sample of children with dyslexia.
- To compare behavioral disorder rates in children with dyslexia to normative data.
Main Methods:
- Utilized the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) broadband-screening for behavioral assessment.
- Diagnosed psychiatric syndromes based on established criteria in a sample of 77 children with dyslexia.
Main Results:
- The rate of behavioral disorders was four times higher than in the standardization sample.
- Children with dyslexia exhibited more internalizing than externalizing problems.
- Psychiatric syndromes were diagnosed in 66.2% of cases, with adjustment disorders, hyperkinetic disorders, and anxiety being most frequent.
Conclusions:
- Children with dyslexia present a high prevalence of psychiatric disorders, necessitating integrated psychological and psychotherapeutic support.
- Interventions should address both performance deficits and associated behavioral/emotional needs.