Adolescents with a history of specific language impairment (SLI): Strengths and difficulties in social, emotional and behavioral functioning

Conti‐Ramsden, Gina; Mok, Pearl L. H.; Pickles, Andrew; Durkin, Kevin

doi:10.1016/j.ridd.2013.08.043

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“…We are aware that gender differences could have influenced the effects reported in this study, given that boys tend to show more externalizing problems than girls (Ketelaars et al, 2010;Conti-Ramsden et al 2013). However, the opposite pattern (girls experiencing more problems than boys) is usually reported for internalizing problems (Conti-Ramsden et al 2013), which was actually the most frequent type of behaviors problems reported in this sample. Besides that, all language groups comprised mainly boys (at least 70 %) and we still found a significant association between behavioral problems and the severity of language deficits.…”

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Behavior problems and social competence in Brazilian children with specific language impairment

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Cáceres-Assenço

Nogueira

et al. 2016

Psicol. Refl. Crít.

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This study aimed to investigate the behavior and social profile of Brazilian children with specific language impairment (SLI) and explore whether the severity of language deficits was associated with behavioral problems and low social competence. Twenty-four children with SLI aged from 6 to 11 years who showed substantial expressive language problems and were receiving speech-language therapy were assessed through the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL). Children with SLI showed high rates of behavioral problems and low levels of social competence. With the exception of two subscales ("somatic" and "rule breaker"), the percentage of children with SLI at risk of behavioral problems was significantly higher than the same proportion in the general population; and almost all children with SLI (95.2 %) demonstrated problems with social competence. The severity of language deficits was associated with the risk of behavioral problems according to only one criterion. No associations were found between the severity of language problems and social competence. The study provides cross-cultural evidence to support the existence of behavior problems and reduced social competence in children with SLI. Our findings point to the need of using a combination of measures to classify the severity of language problems rather than a single dimension.

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Behavior problems and social competence in Brazilian children with specific language impairment

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Nogueira

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“…An existing clinical concern is that the services delivered to children with SLI do not address the underlying problem of the disorder. This may result in language difficulties that persist in adulthood, which can contribute to poor quality of life [78]. If evidence suggests that the mechanism underlying both the language and motor deficits in SLI is procedural memory, then services can focus on strengthening procedural skills and possibly yield long-lasting improvements in the child's language and motor abilities.…”

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Motor Issues in Specific Language Impairment: a Window into the Underlying Impairment

Sanjeevan

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Miller

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Curr Dev Disord Rep

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This paper reviews the findings of recent studies examining the motor abilities of children with specific language impairment (SLI). Standardized measures of motor ability confirm that children with SLI exhibit deficits in fine and gross motor skill, both simple and complex. These difficulties also extend to speech-motor ability, particularly with the control of their articulatory movements. Communicative gesturing, on the other hand, does not appear to be significantly impacted in SLI. Some of the latest studies reviewed in this paper have examined motor processes supported by procedural memory, which is argued to be impaired in SLI. The results of these studies indicate that children with SLI have difficulty with motor sequence learning, but may show deficits in other procedural motor processes as well. Despite significant progress with understanding the motor issues in SLI, future studies are needed to hone in on the nature of this impairment.

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“…Furthermore, there is accumulating evidence that children with LI are also prosocial (Conti-Ramsden, Mok, Pickles, & Durkin, 2013), and that this is a key characteristic differentiating children with LI and children with autism spectrum disorders (Charman, Ricketts, Dockrell, Lindsay, & Palikara, 2015). Children with LI who are more prosocial have more positive peer relations and better social outcomes (Mok et al, 2014).…”

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Conduct problems co-occur with hyperactivity in children with language impairment: A longitudinal study from childhood to adolescence

Pickles

Durkin

Mok

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Autism & Developmental Language Impairments

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Background Language impairment is a common developmental disorder which is frequently associated with externalising problems. In this study, we investigate for the first time, joint trajectories of conduct problems and hyperactivity in children with language impairment from childhood to adolescence. We determine patterns of co-occurrence of symptoms and identify specific risk and protective factors. Methods We develop a trajectory grouping method to examine simultaneously the conduct and hyperactivity problem scores of 164 children with language impairment at 7, 8, 11 and 16 years of age. Results We identified five groups of children with distinct trajectories of symptoms. Three trajectory groups all had different conduct/hyperactivity problems: a persistent problems group (15%), an adolescent-onset group (24%) and a childhood-limited group (17%). There were two trajectory groups that did not show conduct problems. Conclusions Conduct problems always co-occurred with hyperactivity in children with language impairment regardless of differences in the onset of symptoms (childhood versus adolescence) or their persistence (persistent versus childhood limited). Reading difficulties were strongly associated with mixed conduct/hyperactivity problems that started early (childhood) and continued into adolescence (the persistent trajectory group). Prosocial behaviours were found to be protective against conduct problems.

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Adolescents with a history of specific language impairment (SLI): Strengths and difficulties in social, emotional and behavioral functioning

Cited by 174 publications

References 45 publications

Behavior problems and social competence in Brazilian children with specific language impairment

Behavior problems and social competence in Brazilian children with specific language impairment

Motor Issues in Specific Language Impairment: a Window into the Underlying Impairment

Conduct problems co-occur with hyperactivity in children with language impairment: A longitudinal study from childhood to adolescence

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