title: The influence of inattention and rapid automatized naming on reading performance.
abstract: The current study examined the relation between attention, rapid automatized naming (RAN), and reading fluency among typically developing children. A total of 104 third- and fourth-grade children (8-11 years of age) completed RAN measures consisting of four stimuli (letter, digit, color, and object) and an oral reading fluency measure from the Gray Oral Reading Test-Fourth Edition. Correlational and hierarchical regression analyses revealed that all four RAN stimuli, particularly letter RAN, were significant predictors of reading fluency. Additionally, parent and teacher ratings of inattention from the Swanson, Nolan and Pelham-Version Four rating scale predicted RAN after controlling for gender, working memory, and estimated IQ. Further analyses indicated that RAN performance mediated the relation between inattention and reading fluency. Results support the need to consider attentional variables when assessing reading performance, even among typically developing children.
authors.affiliation: Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, New York University Child Study Center, NY 10016, USA. andy.pham@nyumc.org
authors.forename: Andy V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Pham
authors.forename: Jodene Goldenring
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Fine
authors.forename: Margaret
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Semrud-Clikeman
mesh_terms: D001288:Attention / Q000502:physiology*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007807:Language Tests; D008297:Male; D008570:Memory, Short-Term / Q000502:physiology; D009275:Names; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011932:Reading; D012044:Regression Analysis; D014705:Verbal Behavior / Q000502:physiology*