Family-risk of dyslexia does not predict readiness to learn once other distal, proximal and child risk factors are controlled¶
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q3 i? In the full multivariate model, family-risk status was not a significant predictor of either readiness outcome. → Dilnot 2017
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Dilnot 2017¶
Dilnot, J., Hamilton, L., Maughan, B. and Snowling, M. (2017). Child and Environmental Risk Factors Predicting Readiness for Learning in Children at High-Risk of Dyslexia. Development & Psychopathology, 29(1). http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0954579416000134
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Hierarchical regression models entering SES, home literacy environment, family stresses, child health and finally family-risk as a dummy variable, in the 251-child longitudinal sample. The article concludes family-risk "is not a significant predictor of either measure of ‘readiness to learn’".
"Importantly, these analyses confirm that family3risk status is not a significant predictor of either measure of ‘readiness to learn’ when other distal, proximal and child risk factors are taken into account."
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Related Claims¶
- Family-risk of dyslexia and preschool language impairment are additive risk factors for reading readiness and attention and behaviour — reports the opposite
- Home literacy environment and family stresses predict attention and behaviour at school entry — related
- Home literacy environment and child health predict reading readiness at school entry, and socioeconomic status stops being a significant predictor once home literacy environment is entered (suggestive of mediation, not tested) — related
- A cumulative risk index and nonverbal IQ together account for 31% of variance in reading readiness at school entry — related
- Children at family-risk of dyslexia and children with preschool language difficulties experience more environmental and health risks than controls — related
- Children at family-risk of dyslexia perform more poorly than typically developing controls on the cognitive foundations of arithmetic and on arithmetic itself — related
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Family-risk of dyslexia does not predict readiness to learn once other distal, proximal and child risk factors are controlled |
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Family-risk of dyslexia does not predict readiness to learn once other distal, proximal and child risk factors are controlled |
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