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Identify poor comprehenders using a data-driven approach and determine whether distinct cognitive profiles underlie their reading comprehension difficulties.

June 5, 2023JCPP AdvancesOpen Access

Heterogeneity in children's reading comprehension difficulties: A latent class approach

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EJEmma JamesState University of New York PTPaul A. ThompsonUniversity of Birmingham LBLucy BowesUniversity of Oxford

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Cohort study reveals diverse cognitive profiles underlying reading comprehension difficulties in children, suggesting poor comprehension exists along a dimensional risk continuum.

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Identify poor comprehenders using a data-driven approach and determine whether distinct cognitive profiles underlie their reading comprehension difficulties.
Analyzed data from N=6,846 children aged 8–9 years enrolled in the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children cohort.
Applied latent mixture modeling to reading and listening comprehension assessments, followed by a second mixture model evaluating reading, oral language, working memory, nonverbal ability, and inattention.
Identified weak comprehenders in 13.83% of children (n=947), characterized predominantly by low reading comprehension despite intact passage reading.
Most weak comprehenders demonstrated concurrent deficits in vocabulary and nonverbal ability, while a smaller subgroup showed more severe comprehension deficits alongside broader cognitive and attentional impairments.

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James et al. (2023) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a766ebaee08d608e595c559 https://doi.org/10.1002/jcv2.12177

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Cohort study reveals diverse cognitive profiles underlying reading comprehension difficulties in children, suggesting poor comprehension exists along a dimensional risk continuum.

Heterogeneity in children's reading comprehension difficulties: A latent class approach

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Heterogeneity in children's reading comprehension difficulties: A latent class approach

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