Cornwall A, Bawden H N
Department of Psychology, I.W.K. Children's Hospital, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
J Learn Disabil. 1992 May;25(5):281-8. doi: 10.1177/002221949202500503.
Several authors have suggested that there is a strong association between specific learning disabilities and aggression, antisocial behavior, and juvenile delinquency. Claims that learning disabilities cause aggressive behavior and delinquency are increasingly common in the popular press, and a variety of theories concerning this purported causal relationship have been proposed. This research is flawed by a lack of specificity in the definition of learning disabilities, with studies often examining heterogeneous groups of children with learning problems. The present review examines the relationship between specific reading disabilities (the most frequently diagnosed learning disability) and aggressive behavior. The data suggest that there is not enough evidence to conclude that reading disability causes aggressive or delinquent behavior, although limited evidence does suggest that reading disability may worsen preexisting aggressive behavior.
几位作者指出，特定学习障碍与攻击行为、反社会行为及青少年犯罪之间存在紧密联系。在大众媒体中，声称学习障碍会导致攻击行为和犯罪的说法越来越普遍，并且已经提出了各种关于这种所谓因果关系的理论。这项研究存在缺陷，因为学习障碍的定义缺乏特异性，研究常常考察有学习问题的异质儿童群体。本综述探讨了特定阅读障碍（最常被诊断出的学习障碍）与攻击行为之间的关系。数据表明，没有足够的证据得出阅读障碍会导致攻击或犯罪行为的结论，不过有限的证据确实表明阅读障碍可能会使已有的攻击行为恶化。
