Darcey M. Sims|Christopher J. Lonigan
Inattention, Hyperactivity, and Emergent Literacy: Different Facets of Inattention Relate Uniquely to Preschoolers' Reading-Related Skills
Florida State University|Florida State University
although extant studies indicate strong association attention deficithyperactivity disorder reading ability elementary school children knowledge regarding relation inattentive hyperactiveimpulsive behaviors emergent literacy preschool children less established study examined unique overlapping relations measures assess inattention hyperactivityimpulsivity emergent literacy skills preschool children participants included 204 preschool children age 56 months 509 female 798 european american behavioral rating scales completed teachers continuous performance test cpt test preschool early literacy completed preschoolers across measures inattention unique correlate emergent literacy skills whereas hyperactivityimpulsivity rating scales cpt indices inattention uniquely associated emergent literacy skills results suggest measures assessing different manifestations inattention unique correlates early reading skills