Verbal Working Memory and Reading Ability of Chinese Children with Double-deficit Developmental Dyslexia

Abstract

Abstract: The purpose of current study was to investigate the verbal working memory and reading ability of Chinese children with developmental dyslexia who were classified as the double-deficit dyslexics. Twenty-five double-deficit dyslexic children (DD) and their chronological age controls (CA), as well as the reading level controls (RL) participated in the study. All children were tested on tasks of digit span, character span, 1-minute words reading, and 3-minute sentence reading. Their span of digit and character, fluency of words and sentence reading, accuracy and comprehension of sentence reading were calculated and compared. The results: DD showed a significant lower span of digit, smaller word and sentence count, and worse reading comprehension than CA; but no significant was found between DD and RL. DD also exhibited a lower accuracy than CA and RL. The results indicate that DD who are classified as double-deficit dyslexics expressed developmental delay and obvious impairment in working memory and reading.

Key words: developmental dyslexia, double-deficit, working memory, reading ability

摘要： 选取语音意识和快速自动命名双重缺陷的汉语发展性阅读障碍儿童，探讨其言语工作记忆和阅读能力的发展特点。实验选取双重缺陷的发展性阅读障碍（DD）、年龄匹配（CA）和能力匹配（RL）三组儿童各25名，要求他们完成言语工作记忆（数字广度、汉字广度）和阅读（一分钟词汇阅读、三分钟句子阅读）任务。结果发现，DD儿童的数字倒背位数、一分钟读词数、三分钟读过字数和句子理解正确率均显著低于CA儿童，而与RL儿童差异不显著；DD儿童的句子阅读正确率显著低于CA、RL儿童。表明双重缺陷DD儿童在言语工作记忆和阅读能力上存在一定程度的发展滞后和缺陷。

关键词: 发展性阅读障碍, 双重缺陷, 工作记忆, 阅读能力

CLC Number:

B842.5

TAN Ke, MA Jie, LIAN Kunyu, GUO Zhiying, BAI Xuejun. Verbal Working Memory and Reading Ability of Chinese Children with Double-deficit Developmental Dyslexia[J]. Studies of Psychology and Behavior, 2018, 16(3): 308-314,354.

谭珂, 马杰, 连坤予, 郭志英, 白学军. 双重缺陷汉语发展性阅读障碍儿童的言语工作记忆和阅读能力研究[J]. 心理与行为研究, 2018, 16(3): 308-314,354.

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