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Learning Difficulties and Working Memory Deficits among Primary School Students in Jakarta, Indonesia
OBJECTIVE: There are multiple possible etiologies for learning difficulties in children. There is growing evidence that many students identified as having learning difficulties have significant working memory deficits. To determine, in a sample of primary school students in Jakarta, Indonesia, the p...
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Korean College of Neuropsychopharmacology
2012
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3569149/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23431060 http://dx.doi.org/10.9758/cpn.2012.10.2.105 |
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author | Wiguna, Tjhin Setyawati WR, Noorhana Kaligis, Fransiska Belfer, Myron L. |
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description | OBJECTIVE: There are multiple possible etiologies for learning difficulties in children. There is growing evidence that many students identified as having learning difficulties have significant working memory deficits. To determine, in a sample of primary school students in Jakarta, Indonesia, the prevalence of learning difficulties and learning difficulties co-morbid with working memory deficits. METHODS: Subjects (N=423) were recruited via proportional random sampling from 27 primary schools. The first stage was a cross-sectional study of these students, while the second stage was a case-control study comparing all students with learning difficulties and working memory deficits with controls matched by school type, grade level, and gender. RESULTS: Among the students, whose mean age was 9.34 years (1.78), 13.7% had a learning difficulty, while 8.04% had a learning difficulty with working memory deficit. The odds ratio of comorbid working memory deficit (in the face of a learning difficulty) was 7.0 (χ(2)= 35.96, p<0.001). CONCLUSION: Learning difficulties and comorbid working memory deficits were relatively common among primary school students. Efforts should be made to identify these students and provide timely assistance, in order to optimize their educational success and mental health outcomes. |
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spelling | pubmed-35691492013-02-21 Learning Difficulties and Working Memory Deficits among Primary School Students in Jakarta, Indonesia Wiguna, Tjhin Setyawati WR, Noorhana Kaligis, Fransiska Belfer, Myron L. Clin Psychopharmacol Neurosci Original Article OBJECTIVE: There are multiple possible etiologies for learning difficulties in children. There is growing evidence that many students identified as having learning difficulties have significant working memory deficits. To determine, in a sample of primary school students in Jakarta, Indonesia, the prevalence of learning difficulties and learning difficulties co-morbid with working memory deficits. METHODS: Subjects (N=423) were recruited via proportional random sampling from 27 primary schools. The first stage was a cross-sectional study of these students, while the second stage was a case-control study comparing all students with learning difficulties and working memory deficits with controls matched by school type, grade level, and gender. RESULTS: Among the students, whose mean age was 9.34 years (1.78), 13.7% had a learning difficulty, while 8.04% had a learning difficulty with working memory deficit. The odds ratio of comorbid working memory deficit (in the face of a learning difficulty) was 7.0 (χ(2)= 35.96, p<0.001). CONCLUSION: Learning difficulties and comorbid working memory deficits were relatively common among primary school students. Efforts should be made to identify these students and provide timely assistance, in order to optimize their educational success and mental health outcomes. Korean College of Neuropsychopharmacology 2012-08 2012-08-31 /pmc/articles/PMC3569149/ /pubmed/23431060 http://dx.doi.org/10.9758/cpn.2012.10.2.105 Text en Copyright© 2012, Korean College of Neuropsychopharmacology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an Open-Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Original Article Wiguna, Tjhin Setyawati WR, Noorhana Kaligis, Fransiska Belfer, Myron L. Learning Difficulties and Working Memory Deficits among Primary School Students in Jakarta, Indonesia |
title | Learning Difficulties and Working Memory Deficits among Primary School Students in Jakarta, Indonesia |
title_full | Learning Difficulties and Working Memory Deficits among Primary School Students in Jakarta, Indonesia |
title_fullStr | Learning Difficulties and Working Memory Deficits among Primary School Students in Jakarta, Indonesia |
title_full_unstemmed | Learning Difficulties and Working Memory Deficits among Primary School Students in Jakarta, Indonesia |
title_short | Learning Difficulties and Working Memory Deficits among Primary School Students in Jakarta, Indonesia |
title_sort | learning difficulties and working memory deficits among primary school students in jakarta, indonesia |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3569149/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23431060 http://dx.doi.org/10.9758/cpn.2012.10.2.105 |
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