Adult Dyslexia and Attention Deficit Disorder in Finland--Project DyAdd: WAIS-III Cognitive Profiles

Autor/inn/en	Laasonen, Marja; Leppamaki, Sami; Tani, Pekka; Hokkanen, Laura
Titel	Adult Dyslexia and Attention Deficit Disorder in Finland--Project DyAdd: WAIS-III Cognitive Profiles
Quelle	In: Journal of Learning Disabilities, 42 (2009) 6, S.511-527 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-2194
DOI	10.1177/0022219409345013
Schlagwörter	Dyslexia; Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder; Short Term Memory; Multivariate Analysis; Foreign Countries; Adults; Comparative Analysis; Cognitive Processes; Intelligence Quotient; Individual Characteristics; Verbal Ability; Cognitive Ability; Arithmetic; Vocabulary; Logical Thinking; Finland; Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Dyslexics; Legasthenie; Lese-Rechtschreib-Schwäche; Kurzzeitgedächtnis; Multivariate Analyse; Ausland; Cognitive process; Kognitiver Prozess; Intelligenzquotient; Personality characteristic; Personality traits; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Mündliche Leistung; Denkfähigkeit; Addition; Arithmetik; Arithmetikunterricht; Rechnen; Wortschatz; Finnland
Abstract	The project Adult Dyslexia and Attention Deficit Disorder in Finland (Project DyAdd) compares adults (n = 119, 18-55 years) with dyslexia, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), dyslexia together with ADHD (comorbid), and healthy controls with neuropsychological, psychophysical, and biological methods. The focus of this article is on the "Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Third Edition" (WAIS-III). The clinical groups performed well compared to the norms, and they did not differ from each other. However, compared to the controls, all of them were slightly poorer in their Full IQ, and of the factors, processing speed was relatively difficult for all of them. In addition to the group comparisons, a cluster analysis based on subtest scores was conducted over the clinical groups. It did not suggest a solution that would differentiate between the clinical groups. Instead, four clusters emerged: above average, average, poor perceptual organization, and poor working memory. Thus, differentiating between these clinical groups with the WAIS-III was not possible. However, all of them shared a relative difficulty in processing speed, and group-independent clusters with perceptual or memory difficulties emerged. (Contains 5 tables and 3 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10