Margaret J. Snowling|Piers Dawes|Hannah Nash|Charles Hulme
Validity of a Protocol for Adult Self?Report of Dyslexia and Related Difficulties
University of York|University of Manchester|University of York|University College London
increased prevalence reading related difficulties children dyslexic parents order understand causes difficulties important quantify risk factors passed parents offspring417 adults completed protocol comprising 15item questionnaire rating reading related skills scale assessing adhd symptoms 344 completed reading nonword reading spelling testsa confirmatory factor analysis four factors reading word finding attention hyperactivity provided reasonable fit data reading factor showed robust correlations measured literacy skills adults reported dyslexic rated reading difficulties severe gained lower scores objective measures literacy skills although sensitivity new scale acceptable tended miss cases low literacyselfreport scales reading attention difficulties useful identifying adults reading attention difficulties may confer risks children related problems important research following children family risk dyslexia aware effects