Transdiagnostic associations across communication, cognitive, and behavioural problems in a developmentally at-risk population: a network approach.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Communication, behavioural, and executive function problems often co-occur in childhood. Previous attempts to identify the origins of these comorbidities have typically relied on comparisons of different deficit groups and/or latent variable models. Here we apply a network approach to a heterogeneous sample of struggling learners to conceptualise these comorbidities as a dynamic system of interacting difficulties.

Methods

714 children struggling with attention, learning, and/or memory were included. The sample consisted of children with both diagnosed (41%) and undiagnosed difficulties. The conditional independence network of parent ratings of everyday behaviour, cognition, and communication was estimated.

Results

A clustering coefficient identified four in

SUBMITTER: Mareva S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6873531 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature