Social Functioning as a Mediator between Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) and Emotional Problems in Adolescents.

ABSTRACT: Adolescents with Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) are at risk for increased feelings of anxiety and depression compared to their typically developing (TD) peers. However, the underlying pathways involved in this relationship are unclear. In this initial study of the 'social mediation hypothesis', we examine social functioning as a mediator of emotional problems in a cross-sectional sample of adolescents with DLD and age- and sex-matched controls. Preliminary data from twenty-six participants with DLD and 27 participants with typical language development (TLD, 11-17 years) were compared on self- and parent-reported measures of social functioning and emotional outcomes. There was little evidence of group differences in self-reported social functioning and emotional outcomes, but parent-

SUBMITTER: Forrest CL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7908163 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature