title: Anxiety and Depression in Children With Nonverbal Learning Disabilities, Reading Disabilities, or Typical Development.
abstract: The main goal of the present study was to shed further light on the psychological characteristics of children with different learning disability profiles aged between 8 and 11 years, attending from third to sixth grade. Specifically, children with nonverbal learning disabilities (NLD), reading disabilities (RD), or a typical development (TD) were tested. In all, 15 children with NLD, 15 with RD, and 15 with TD were administered self-report questionnaires to assess different types of anxiety and depression symptoms. Both NLD and RD children reported experiencing more generalized and social anxiety than TD, the NLD children reported more severe anxiety about school and separation than TD, and the children with RD had worse depressive symptoms than those with NLD or TD.
authors.affiliation: Department of Developmental and Social Psychology, University of Padova, Italy irene.mammarella@unipd.it.
authors.forename: Irene C
authors.initials: IC
authors.lastname: Mammarella
authors.affiliation: Department of General Psychology, University of Padova, Italy.
authors.forename: Marta
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ghisi
authors.affiliation: Child and Adolescent Neuropsychiatry Clinic, San Gerardo Hospital in Monza, University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy.
authors.forename: Monica
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bomba
authors.affiliation: Department of General Psychology, University of Padova, Italy.
authors.forename: Gioia
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bottesi
authors.affiliation: Department of Developmental and Social Psychology, University of Padova, Italy.
authors.forename: Sara
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Caviola
authors.affiliation: Child and Adolescent Neuropsychiatry Clinic, San Gerardo Hospital in Monza, University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy.
authors.forename: Fiorenza
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Broggi
authors.affiliation: Child and Adolescent Neuropsychiatry Clinic, San Gerardo Hospital in Monza, University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy.
authors.forename: Renata
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Nacinovich
mesh_terms: D001007:Anxiety / Q000523:psychology*; D002648:Child; D002657:Child Development / Q000502:physiology*; D003863:Depression / Q000523:psychology*; D004410:Dyslexia / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007859:Learning Disabilities / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male
keywords: anxiety; depression; nonverbal learning disability; reading disability