Author(s)

Manuel Soriano-Ferrer¹, Elisa Piedra-Martínez², Magali Arteaga³

¹Departamento de Psicología Evolutiva y de la Educación, Facultad de Psicología, Universidad de Valencia, Valencia, Spain.
²Escuela de Educación Especial y Escuela de Psicologìa Educativa, Facultad de Filosofía Universidad del Azuay, Cuenca, Ecuador.
³Universidad del Azuay, Cuenca, Ecuador.

Introduction: Deficits in executive functions (EF) have been well documented using tests of neuropsychological performance in children and adolescents with developmental dyslexia. However, the behavioral assessment of EFs in dyslexia is very scarce. Objective: The objective of this study was to examine the EF of adolescents with dyslexia, in comparison with adolescents with typical development. We used the BRIEF-A Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function in Adults (BRIEF-A). Method: 19 adolescents with dyslexia and 20 adolescents with normal development, participated, matched in age, sex and IQ. Parents and adolescents themselves completed the BRIEF-A. Results: The results show that both parents and adolescents with dyslexia consider that they have more problems of EF in daily life, especially in metacognitive processes (initiation, WM, planning, supervision of tasks and planning-organization). In addition, parents reported a lower severity of EF deficiencies than adolescents themselves when detecting a lower percentage of scores above the clinical cut-off point. Conclusions: Adolescents and their parents do not always agree in FE assessments. Consequently, information from both informants is essential to understand and treat children with developmental dyslexia. The results coincide with the FE deficits found with neuropsychological tests.

Developmental Dyslexia, Executive Functions, Daily Life

Soriano-Ferrer, M. , Piedra-Martínez, E. and Arteaga, M. (2018) Executive Functioning in Every Day Life in Ecuatorian Adolescents with Developmental Dyslexia. Psychology, 9, 1050-1064. doi: 10.4236/psych.2018.95066.