Risk and resilience correlates of reading among adolescents with language-based learning disabilities during COVID-19
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Published:2022-11-11
Issue:2
Volume:36
Page:401-428
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ISSN:0922-4777
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Container-title:Reading and Writing
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language:en
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Short-container-title:Read Writ
Author:
Marks Rebecca A.ORCID, Norton Rachel T.ORCID, Mesite LauraORCID, Fox Annie B.ORCID, Christodoulou Joanna A.ORCID
Abstract
AbstractStudents with language-based learning disabilities (LBLD) can face elevated socio-emotional well-being challenges in addition to literacy challenges. We examined the prevalence of risk and resilience factors among adolescents with LBLD (N = 93), ages 16–18, and the association with reading performance during the COVID-19 pandemic. Data were collected at the start and end of the first fully remote academic year of COVID-19 (2020–2021). Participants completed standardized word and text reading measures, as well as self-report surveys of executive functions (EF), and socio-emotional skills associated with resilience (grit, growth mindset, self-management, self-efficacy, and social awareness) or risk (anxiety, depression, COVID-19 related PTSD, and perceived COVID-19 impact). Survey data at the start of the school year (Time 1) captured three underlying factors associated with socioemotional risk, socioemotional resilience, and regulation (i.e., EF). Path analyses revealed that students’ Time 2 oral reading scores were significantly and uniquely predicted by socioemotional resilience, even when controlling for word-level reading at Time 1. Socioemotional risk, EF, and perceived COVID-19 impact were not directly related to Time 2 oral reading scores; however, students’ resilience mediated the associations between risk and reading outcomes. These results demonstrate that adolescents’ mental health concerns, self-regulatory ability, and socioemotional resilience were all associated with their experiences of the COVID-19-related stress. However, despite the high-risk context of the pandemic, and socio-emotional challenges faced by students with LBLD, our findings indicate that resilience directly predicts end-of-year reading outcomes and mediates the impact of socioemotional risk on achievement.
Funder
MGH Institute of Health Professions
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Subject
Speech and Hearing,Linguistics and Language,Education,Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology
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