Francis Deanna, Hudson Jennifer L, Kohnen Saskia, Mobach Lynn, McArthur Genevieve M
Macquarie University Centre for Reading, Department of Cognitive Science, Macquarie University, NSW, Australia.
Centre for Emotional Health, Department of Psychology, Macquarie University, NSW, Australia.
PeerJ. 2021 Feb 24;9:e10987. doi: 10.7717/peerj.10987. eCollection 2021.
A recent systematic review has reported that poor reading is reliably associated with anxiety. However, we currently lack evidence-based intervention for children who have both poor reading and anxiety (PRAX). In this study, we tested a new PRAX intervention in 8- to 12-year-old children using a double-baseline intervention case series design. Analyses of both group and individual data revealed that 12 weeks of PRAX intervention significantly improved children's reading and spelling accuracy, and significantly reduced both anxiety disorders and symptoms. These results support PRAX intervention as a treatment for comorbid reading and anxiety problems in children and pave the way to a randomised controlled trial.
最近的一项系统评价报告称，阅读能力差与焦虑之间存在可靠的关联。然而，我们目前缺乏针对阅读能力差且患有焦虑症（PRAX）儿童的循证干预措施。在本研究中，我们采用双基线干预病例系列设计，对8至12岁儿童的一种新的PRAX干预措施进行了测试。对组数据和个体数据的分析均显示，为期12周的PRAX干预显著提高了儿童的阅读和拼写准确性，并显著减少了焦虑症及症状。这些结果支持将PRAX干预作为治疗儿童阅读与焦虑共病问题的一种方法，并为随机对照试验铺平了道路。
