Behavioral characteristics of Chinese adolescents with dyslexia: the use of teachers' behavior checklist in Hong Kong

• Autores: Boby Ho-Hong Ching, Connie Suk-Han Ho, Kevin K. H. Chung, Lap Yan Lo
• Localización: Applied psycholinguistics, ISSN 0142-7164, Vol. 35, Nº 6, 2014, págs. 1235-1257
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • We developed the Hong Kong Specific Learning Difficulties Behavior Checklist for Junior Secondary School Students (BCL-JS) for teachers to rate the frequency of 52 reading-related behavioral characteristics of Chinese secondary school students. An item factor analysis based on ratings on 947 students yielded seven distinct dimensions. In a separate sample of 90 students, the seven constructs of the BCL-JS significantly correlated with students' performances on most literacy and reading-related cognitive measures, and differentiated adolescents with or without dyslexia. Discriminant analysis showed that the BCL-JS had a high rate of correct classification (82.2%). These findings support that the BCL-JS is a reliable screening tool for Chinese junior secondary school students at risk for dyslexia.