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Cognitive Profiles in the WISC-V of Children with ADHD and Specific Learning Disorders

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  • Angelika Becker

    (Educational Psychology, Helmut-Schmidt-University Hamburg, 22043 Hamburg, Germany
    IDeA Research Center for Individual Development and Adaptive Education of Children at Risk, 60323 Frankfurt am Main, Germany)

  • Monika Daseking

    (Educational Psychology, Helmut-Schmidt-University Hamburg, 22043 Hamburg, Germany
    IDeA Research Center for Individual Development and Adaptive Education of Children at Risk, 60323 Frankfurt am Main, Germany)

  • Julia Kerner auch Koerner

    (Educational Psychology, Helmut-Schmidt-University Hamburg, 22043 Hamburg, Germany
    IDeA Research Center for Individual Development and Adaptive Education of Children at Risk, 60323 Frankfurt am Main, Germany)

Abstract

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) has a high comorbidity with specific learning disorders (SLD). Children with ADHD and children with SLD show specific cognitive deficits. This study aims to examine similarities and differences between cognitive profiles of children with ADHD + SLD, children with SLD only, and a control group to find out whether specific or shared deficits can be identified for the groups. We compared the WISC-V profiles of 62 children with ADHD and SLD (19 girls, M -age = 10.44; SD = 2.44), 35 children with SLD (13 girls, M -age = 10.21; SD = 2.11) and 62 control children without ADHD or SLD (19 girls, M -age = 10.42; SD = 2.39). The ADHD + SLD group performed worse than the control group in the WISC-V indices WMI, PSI, FSIQ, AWMI, CPI and worse than the SLD group in these indices and the VCI, NVI and GAI. Therefore, compared to children with SLD, children with ADHD + SLD did not show specific impairments in any particular cognitive domain but rather non-specific impairment in almost all indices. Hence, the WISC-V is suited to depict the cognitive strength and weaknesses of an individual child as a basis for targeted intervention.

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  • Angelika Becker & Monika Daseking & Julia Kerner auch Koerner, 2021. "Cognitive Profiles in the WISC-V of Children with ADHD and Specific Learning Disorders," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(17), pages 1-15, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:13:y:2021:i:17:p:9948-:d:629172
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    1. Cornoldi, Cesare & Giofrè, David & Toffalini, Enrico, 2023. "Cognitive characteristics of intellectually gifted children with a diagnosis of ADHD," Intelligence, Elsevier, vol. 97(C).

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