Are Communication Skills, Emotion Regulation and Theory of Mind Skills Impaired in Adolescents with Developmental Dyslexia?

ABSTRACT

This study investigates pragmatic language impairment, Theory of Mind (ToM), and emotion regulation in adolescents with Developmental Dyslexia(DD). The Social Responsiveness Scale-2(SRS) and Children’s Communication Checklist-2(CCC-2) scores were found to be statistically significantly higher in the DD group than in healthy controls. DD group had lower performance in ToM skills and they have more difficulties in emotion regulation. We also found that CCC-2 and ToM scores were significantly correlated in adolescents with DD. These results may be important in understanding the difficulties experienced in social functioning and interpersonal relationships in adolescents with DD.

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Author contributors

GO, YO, EKT, ROÇ, ST: Design of the study GO, YO, EKT, ROÇ: Literature search and analyses AET, AA, ÇE, ST: Statistical analysis All of the authors: Manuscript writing

Ethical Consideration Statement

IRB approval for the study was obtained from the Izmir Katip ÇelebiUniversity Clinical Trials Ethics Committee (Approval date: 08/ 08/2019, Approval number: 284). The adolescents and their parents provided verbal and written consent before participating in the study. All study procedures were conducted in accordance with theDeclaration of Helsinki and the local laws and regulations.

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Funding

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