期刊名称：Journal of Indian Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health
电子版ISSN：0973-1342
出版年度：2006
卷号：2
期号：04
页码：112-115
出版社：Indian Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health
摘要：Aim: The study compared the pattern of deficits, intelligence and neuropsychological
functioning in subcategories of learning disorders.
Methods: Forty-six children (16 with reading disorders, 11 with writing disorders and 19 with
both reading and writing disorders - mixed group) in the age range of 7–14 years were assessed
using the NIMHANS Index of Specific Learning Disabilities, Malin’s Intelligence Scale for
Indian Children, and the PGI Memory Scale.
Results: The mixed group had greater dysfunction than the reading and writing groups in
alphabet sequencing and graded division, and the mixed group had greater dysfunction than the
writing group in capital letters, division and graded subtraction. Also, the mixed and reading
groups had greater dysfunction than the writing group in speech and language. Intellectual
functions and mental balance (on PGI memory scale) were more affected in the mixed group in
comparison to the writing group.
Conclusion: Subtypes of learning disorders differ in terms of their neuropsychological profile
with the mixed group having greater dysfunction.
