Cognitive Profiles in the WISC-V of Children with ADHD and Specific Learning Disorders

Angelika Becker, Monika Daseking and Julia Kerner auch Koerner
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Angelika Becker: Educational Psychology, Helmut-Schmidt-University Hamburg, 22043 Hamburg, Germany
Monika Daseking: Educational Psychology, Helmut-Schmidt-University Hamburg, 22043 Hamburg, Germany
Julia Kerner auch Koerner: Educational Psychology, Helmut-Schmidt-University Hamburg, 22043 Hamburg, Germany

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 17, 1-15

Abstract: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) has a high comorbidity with specific learning disorders (SLD). Children with ADHD and children with SLD show specific cognitive deficits. This study aims to examine similarities and differences between cognitive profiles of children with ADHD + SLD, children with SLD only, and a control group to find out whether specific or shared deficits can be identified for the groups. We compared the WISC-V profiles of 62 children with ADHD and SLD (19 girls, M -age = 10.44; SD = 2.44), 35 children with SLD (13 girls, M -age = 10.21; SD = 2.11) and 62 control children without ADHD or SLD (19 girls, M -age = 10.42; SD = 2.39). The ADHD + SLD group performed worse than the control group in the WISC-V indices WMI, PSI, FSIQ, AWMI, CPI and worse than the SLD group in these indices and the VCI, NVI and GAI. Therefore, compared to children with SLD, children with ADHD + SLD did not show specific impairments in any particular cognitive domain but rather non-specific impairment in almost all indices. Hence, the WISC-V is suited to depict the cognitive strength and weaknesses of an individual child as a basis for targeted intervention.

Keywords: ADHD; specific learning disorders; WISC-V; arithmetical disorder; dyscalculia; spelling disorder; reading disorder; dyslexia (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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