Svensson Idor, Fälth Linda, Persson Bengt, Nilsson Staffan
Department of Psychology, Linnaeus University, Växjö, Sweden.
Department of Pedagogic, Linnaeus University, Växjö, Sweden.
Psychiatr Psychol Law. 2016 Dec 12;24(3):440-457. doi: 10.1080/13218719.2016.1247642. eCollection 2017.
The aim of the present study was to investigate the effect of a short period, 15 sessions, of reading interventions in a sample of adult forensic psychiatric patients: 61 patients with decoding difficulties - 44 in the experimental group and 17 in the comparison group - with an average age of 31.6 participated. Of these, 36% were female, and 29% had an immigrant background. The participants carried out a battery of reading tests. The results in the experimental group showed a medium effect size ( = .36 to .76) on all reading tests between pre- and post-test. The comparison group, however, showed no gain at all between the test occasions. The results indicate that a proportionally low reading intervention effort produces improvement in reading. This study discusses the importance of including reading assessment and offering remediation in order to reach optimal future social adjustment for patients in forensic clinics.
本研究的目的是调查在成年法医精神病患者样本中进行为期15节的短期阅读干预的效果:61名有解码困难的患者——实验组44名,对照组17名——平均年龄为31.6岁,参与了研究。其中,36%为女性,29%有移民背景。参与者进行了一系列阅读测试。实验组的结果显示,在所有阅读测试中,前后测之间的效应量中等(=0.36至0.76)。然而,对照组在两次测试之间没有任何进步。结果表明,相对较低的阅读干预努力能带来阅读能力的提高。本研究讨论了进行阅读评估和提供补救措施对于法医诊所患者实现最佳未来社会适应的重要性。