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This study focused on psycho-affective and behavioral problems in children and adolescents with dyslexia. It aims to define clinical psycho-affective and behavioral profiles of dyslexia beyond those found in existing descriptions of the cognitive, neural, and behavioral correlates. The study focused specifically on the understudied population of native Italian-speaking students. Characteristics of anxiety and self-esteem, as psycho-affective factors, and a variety of associated behavioral problems were studied in a sample of children and adolescents with dyslexia ( n = 22) and compared to those of a group without learning disabilities ( n = 25). The findings suggest the group of participants diagnosed with dyslexia exhibited psycho-affective symptoms, especially anxiety and low self-esteem in social and academic situations more frequently than the control group. These problems were related to reading measures. More research is needed to determine how they are related and their interaction. Overall, these findings are useful in clarifying the profile of psycho-affective symptoms in the development of academic difficulties in children and adolescents with dyslexia. In some cases, school personnel focus their interventions only on the academic difficulties and not the psycho-affective or behavioral problems. These findings could have implications regarding intervention for this population.

Más allá de las repercusiones neurobiológicas, cognitivas y académicas que acarrea la dislexia, se conocen poco las consecuencias en otras dimensiones del desarrollo humano, como las emocionales y de comportamiento socioemocional. Niños y adolescentes con dislexia (n = 41) fueron comparados con compañeros de sus misma clase sin dificultades (n = 25), mediante pruebas estandarizadas que evaluaban la autoestima, la ansiedad y los problemas de comportamiento socioemocional. Los resultados, derivados del análisis estadístico con t de Student, mostraron que los alumnos con dislexia manifestaban un nivel menor de autoestima y mayor en problemas de comportamiento que sus iguales sin dificultades. Si bien presentaron más ansiedad en general, las diferencias resultaron significativas únicamente en ansiedad social y de separación. Por su repercusión a nivel escolar urge considerar las medidas para remediar las secuelas asociadas a las dificultades de aprendizaje, trabajando directamente las dimensiones emocionales afectadas y reduciendo las dificultades académicas de estos escolares, así como reflexionando sobre las metodologías didácticas en el grupo clase., Most research about dyslexia and comorbid learning difficulties has focused on neurobiological, cognitive, and academic effects. However, less is known about the dyslexia impact on other aspects of human development, as socioemotional or affective dimensions (i.e., self-esteem, anxiety, or socioemotional behavior). These dimensions were tested in students with dyslexia (n = 41), compared to students without learning difficulties (n = 25). Standardized measures of self-esteem, anxiety, and socioemotional behavior were used. Results of the analysis with Student’s t indicated higher scores in the control group than in students with dyslexia in both self-esteem and socioemotional behavior. Results regarding anxiety showed that students with dyslexia would present more anxiety, particularly in social anxiety and separation anxiety. This study highlights the need for intervention measures to be applied at school, working in parallel learning difficulties with affective and socioemotional dimensions in students with dyslexia., Esta investigación ha sido parcialmente financiada por los grupos de investigación JA - HUM820 (LEE. Lectura y Escritura en Español), HUM871 (Investigación en Comunicación Educativa) y fondos FEDER.

La investigación clínica y educativa ha puesto en evidencia los factores emocionales y motivacionales que caracterizan las dificultades de aprendizaje. El objetivo principal de este artículo es proponer un modo de valorar los efectos de un tratamiento rehabilitador en lectoescritura sobre la autoestima y sobre el comportamiento en un grupo de pacientes con diagnóstico de dislexia y disortografía. A un grupo de 60 estudiantes con diagnóstico de dislexia, en un primer momento, será suministrada una batería de test para valorar el perfil emotivo y conductual. Después, se dividirán a mitades un grupo control y otro grupo experimental que será sometido a un tratamiento rehabilitador para potenciar la lectura y la escritura. En síntesis, los resultados pretenden comprobar la hipótesis de investigación de que tras un adecuado tratamiento lectoescritor, con soporte de instrumentos y programas adecuados, los pacientes disléxicos pueden conseguir una mayor confianza en sí mismos y una consiguiente mayor autoestima, y no solo un desarrollo de la competencia comunicativa escrita. Clinical and educational research has shown the emotional and motivational factors involved in learning difficulties. The main objective of this research is to propose a way to assess the effects of a rehabilitating treatment for self-esteem and behavior through improving literacy in a group of patients diagnosed with dyslexia and dysorthography. Sixty students diagnosed with dyslexia will be given a test battery to assess the emotional and behavioral profile. Afterwards, they will be divided into a control group and experimental group, which will undergo a rehabilitating treatment to enhance reading and writing. In short, the results try to prove the hypothesis of research through an appropriate literacy treatment using appropriate instruments and programs. Patients with dyslexia can achieve greater self-esteem and not only a developed communication-writing competency