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View article: Clinical Voice Outcomes for Two Voice Rest Protocols after Phonomicrosurgery
Clinical Voice Outcomes for Two Voice Rest Protocols after Phonomicrosurgery Open
Objectives Voice rest is commonly recommended for patients with benign vocal fold lesions (BVFLs) after phonomicrosurgery. The study compares the clinical voice outcomes of two protocols, 7‐day complete voice rest (CVR) and 3‐day CVR follo…
View article: Latent profiles as predictors of response to instruction for students with reading difficulties.
Latent profiles as predictors of response to instruction for students with reading difficulties. Open
The program code developed by others is appropriately cited in the text and listed in the references section. The raw and processed data on which study conclusions are based are not available. The statistical syntax needed to reproduce ana…
View article: Impact of the Mediational Intervention for Sensitizing Caregivers on Mentalizing in Orphans and Vulnerable Children in South Africa
Impact of the Mediational Intervention for Sensitizing Caregivers on Mentalizing in Orphans and Vulnerable Children in South Africa Open
The Mediational Intervention for Sensitizing Caregivers (MISC) is a mentalization-based intervention which aims to enhance caregiver sensitivity and responsiveness. MISC has demonstrated treatment effects on mental health problems of Orpha…
View article: Maternal mental health mediates the effect of prenatal stress on infant temperament: The Harvey Mom Study
Maternal mental health mediates the effect of prenatal stress on infant temperament: The Harvey Mom Study Open
Prenatal maternal stress and mental health problems are known to increase risk for developmental psychopathology in offspring, yet pathways leading to risk or resiliency are poorly understood. In a quasi-experimental design, we prospective…
View article: Association of ethnicity and adaptive functioning with health-related quality of life in pediatric myelomeningocele
Association of ethnicity and adaptive functioning with health-related quality of life in pediatric myelomeningocele Open
PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to evaluate associations of ethnicity and adaptive function with health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in youths with spina bifida myelomeningocele (SBM). METHODS: Participants included Hispanic (n =…
View article: Response to intervention for high school students: examining baseline word reading skills and reading comprehension outcomes
Response to intervention for high school students: examining baseline word reading skills and reading comprehension outcomes Open
The purpose of this post hoc analysis was to analyze if pre-intervention word reading skills contributed to intervention response on reading comprehension outcomes. High school students with reading difficulties were randomized to a busine…
View article: Reading Comprehension and Academic Vocabulary: Exploring Relations of Item Features and Reading Proficiency
Reading Comprehension and Academic Vocabulary: Exploring Relations of Item Features and Reading Proficiency Open
General academic words are those which are typically learned through exposure to school texts and occur across disciplines. We examined academic vocabulary assessment data from a group of English‐speaking middle school students ( N = 1,747…
View article: Mediational Intervention for Sensitizing Caregivers to Improve Mental Health Outcomes in Orphaned and Vulnerable Children
Mediational Intervention for Sensitizing Caregivers to Improve Mental Health Outcomes in Orphaned and Vulnerable Children Open
The current study shows that laypersons with no tertiary education and virtually no prior training who undergo MISC training can improve caregiving quality and the mental health of OVCs.
View article: A Latent Class IRT Approach to Defining and Measuring Language Proficiency
A Latent Class IRT Approach to Defining and Measuring Language Proficiency Open
English language learner (EL) status has high stakes implications for determining when and how ELs should be evaluated for academic achievement. In the US, students designated as English learners are assessed annually for English language …
View article: Brain malformations and spina bifida
Brain malformations and spina bifida Open
This commentary is on the original article by Schneider et al. on pages 295–302 of this issue.
View article: Long-Term Intellectual and Fine Motor Outcomes in Spina Bifida Are Related to Myelomeningocele Repair and Shunt Intervention History
Long-Term Intellectual and Fine Motor Outcomes in Spina Bifida Are Related to Myelomeningocele Repair and Shunt Intervention History Open
Objective: Lifespan outcomes of simultaneous versus sequential myelomeningocele repair and shunt placement or effects of repeated shunt revisions on specific domains of IQ or fine motor dexterity are largely unknown. The current study addr…
View article: Psychometrics and Validity of the Survey of Memory-Related Quality of Life in HIV Disease
Psychometrics and Validity of the Survey of Memory-Related Quality of Life in HIV Disease Open
Objective Retrospective and prospective memory deficits are associated with lower quality of life (QoL); however, there are no validated measures that comprehensively and directly assess the impact of memory problems on QoL. The Survey of …
View article: Are primary and secondary types of brain anomalies exclusive factors affecting the attention networks in individuals with spina bifida?
Are primary and secondary types of brain anomalies exclusive factors affecting the attention networks in individuals with spina bifida? Open
Shunt treatment and revision history related to brain structure and functions associated with the posterior attention network. Neurosurgical history also differentiated the harmful effects of early hydrocephalus on brain structure of the p…
View article: Bilingual Phonological Awareness: Construct Validation in Grade 1 Spanish‐Speaking English Learners
Bilingual Phonological Awareness: Construct Validation in Grade 1 Spanish‐Speaking English Learners Open
This study investigated the dimensionality of bilingual phonological awareness (PA) in English and Spanish by replicating a kindergarten model in Grade 1, and presents alternatives to modeling clustered data. English and Spanish tasks were…
View article: A prospective investigation of the synergistic effect of change in anxiety sensitivity and dysphoria on tobacco withdrawal.
A prospective investigation of the synergistic effect of change in anxiety sensitivity and dysphoria on tobacco withdrawal. Open
Collectively, these data suggest there is apt to be clinical merit to employing strategies to address AS and/or dysphoria to more effectively manage emergent withdrawal symptoms following smoking cessation treatment. (PsycINFO Database Rec…
View article: Cognitive control and associated neural correlates in adults with spina bifida myelomeningocele.
Cognitive control and associated neural correlates in adults with spina bifida myelomeningocele. Open
Supporting previous literature, current findings elucidated a profile of executive impairment in SBM that was maintained in a parallel maturational trajectory to typical aging. Accelerated aging in cognitive control or subcortical gray mat…
View article: The influence of properties of the test and their interactions with reader characteristics on reading comprehension: An explanatory item response study.
The influence of properties of the test and their interactions with reader characteristics on reading comprehension: An explanatory item response study. Open
Component skills and discourse frameworks of reading have identified characteristics of readers and texts that influence comprehension. However, these 2 frameworks have not previously been integrated in a comprehensive and systematic way t…
View article: Gray matter integrity within regions of the dorsolateral prefrontal cortical-subcortical network predicts executive function and fine motor dexterity in spina bifida.
Gray matter integrity within regions of the dorsolateral prefrontal cortical-subcortical network predicts executive function and fine motor dexterity in spina bifida. Open
Behavioral regulation and FA in the caudate related to behavioral inhibition in SBM. Similarly, associations between fine motor dexterity and indices of gray matter integrity in the putamen and DLPFC support fronto-striatal involvement in …