Investigating the Double-Deficit Hypothesis in Greek: Findings from a Longitudinal Study

Autor/inn/en	Papadopoulos, Timothy C.; Georgiou, George K.; Kendeou, Panayiota
Titel	Investigating the Double-Deficit Hypothesis in Greek: Findings from a Longitudinal Study
Quelle	In: Journal of Learning Disabilities, 42 (2009) 6, S.528-547 (20 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-2194
DOI	10.1177/0022219409338745
Schlagwörter	Control Groups; Reading Difficulties; Reading Fluency; Decoding (Reading); Kindergarten; Grade 2; Grade 1; Nonverbal Ability; Greek; Longitudinal Studies; Phonology; Scores; Reading Processes; Reading Comprehension; Severity (of Disability); Foreign Countries; Cyprus + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Reading difficulty; Leseschwierigkeit; Dekodierung; School year 02; 2. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 02; School year 01; 1. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 01; Grieche; Griechisch; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Fonologie; Leseprozess; Leseverstehen; Schweregrad; Ausland; Zypern
Abstract	This study examined longitudinally the double-deficit hypothesis in Greek, an orthographically consistent language, following a group of children from kindergarten to Grade 2. Four groups were formed on the basis of two composite scores of phonological and naming-speed criterion measures: a double-deficit group (DD; n = 17), a phonological deficit group (PD; n = 33), a naming deficit group (ND; n = 33), and a control group exhibiting no deficits (CnD; n = 159). The four groups were identified in Grade 1, and they were compared retrospectively in kindergarten only on the criterion measures, and in Grades 1 and 2 on measures of word-reading fluency and accuracy, orthographic processing, and passage comprehension. The effects of verbal and nonverbal ability, age, gender, and parental education were controlled among the groups. Results showed that the DD group exhibited greater dysfunction in reading and orthographic processing compared to the single-deficit and CnD groups. Also, although the three deficit groups were not easily differentiated in kindergarten, their differences were maximized in Grade 1 and retained in Grade 2. The type and severity of reading deficits found in the ND group were mostly associated with naming speed at both the word- and text-reading levels, deficits that persisted across development. The PD group showed mostly deficient orthographic and poor decoding skills that improved across development. Implications of the findings for the double-deficit hypothesis in languages with transparent orthographies are discussed. (Contains 5 tables and 3 notes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10