Specific learning disorders and anxiety: a matter of school experience?

• Published in: Minerva pediatrica Vol. 68; no. 1; p. 51
• Main Authors: Chiappedi, Matteo, Baschenis, Ilaria M
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Italy 01.02.2016
• Subjects: Adolescent; Anxiety - epidemiology; Case-Control Studies; Child; Female; Humans; Male; Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; Schools; Specific Learning Disorder - psychology; Statistics, Nonparametric

Specific learning disorders (SLDs) are a group of neuropsychological disorders which reduce a child's ability to read and/or write and/or use numbers. Internalizing disorders, and in particular anxiety, has been reported as a relatively common comorbidity in children with reading difficulties....