Morphological Awareness and Its Role in Compensation in Adults with Dyslexia.

Autor/inn/en	Law, Jeremy M; Wouters, Jan; Ghesquière, Pol
Titel	Morphological Awareness and Its Role in Compensation in Adults with Dyslexia.
Quelle	In: Dyslexia, (2015) 3, S.254-272Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext (1); PDF als Volltext (2); PDF als Volltext (3); PDF als Volltext (4) Verfügbarkeit
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1076-9242
DOI	10.1002/dys.1495
Schlagwörter	Adults; Reading compensation; Morphology; Word reading; Dyslexia; Morphological awareness
Abstract	This study examines the role of morphological awareness (MA) in literacy achievement and compensation in word reading of adults with dyslexia through an exploration of three questions: (1) Do adult dyslexics demonstrate a deficit in MA, and how is this potential deficit related to phonological awareness (PA)? (2) Does MA contribute independently to literacy skills equally in dyslexics and control readers? and (3) Do MA and PA skills differ in compensated and noncompensated dyslexics? A group of dyslexic and normal reading university students matched for age, education and IQ participated in this study. Group analysis demonstrated an MA deficit in dyslexics; as well, MA was found to significantly predict a greater proportion of word reading and spelling within the dyslexic group compared with the controls. Compensated dyslexics were also found to perform significantly better on the morphological task than noncompensated dyslexics. Additionally, no statistical difference was observed in MA between the normal reading controls and the compensated group (independent of PA and vocabulary). Results suggest that intact and strong MA skills contribute to the achieved compensation of this group of adults with dyslexia. Implications for MA based intervention strategies for people with dyslexia are discussed. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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Update	2022/1/02