2017
Reading‐Related Causal Attributions for Success and Failure: Dynamic Links With Reading Skill
Frijters JC, Tsujimoto KC, Boada R, Gottwald S, Hill D, Jacobson LA, Lovett MW, Mahone EM, Willcutt EG, Wolf M, Bosson‐Heenan J, Gruen JR. Reading‐Related Causal Attributions for Success and Failure: Dynamic Links With Reading Skill. Reading Research Quarterly 2017, 53: 127-148. PMID: 29391653, PMCID: PMC5788039, DOI: 10.1002/rrq.189.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchReading outcomesSuccess situationsSkill levelSchool-aged childrenPhonological awarenessSight wordsLinguistic predictorsWord recognitionComprehension skillsCausal attributionsAttributionHigher skill levelsSkillsUnderstudied populationIndividual assessmentReadingChildrenFluencyHispanic AmericansDynamic linkSituationWordsPresent studyYouthParticipants
2016
Executive Functions Contribute Uniquely to Reading Competence in Minority Youth
Jacobson LA, Koriakin T, Lipkin P, Boada R, Frijters JC, Lovett MW, Hill D, Willcutt E, Gottwald S, Wolf M, Bosson-Heenan J, Gruen JR, Mahone EM. Executive Functions Contribute Uniquely to Reading Competence in Minority Youth. Journal Of Learning Disabilities 2016, 50: 422-433. PMID: 26755569, PMCID: PMC5960349, DOI: 10.1177/0022219415618501.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsExecutive functionAttentional switchingMinority youthDomain-general processesComponents of readingInformation processing speedHierarchical linear regressionWord readingExecutive skillsAssessment of individualsCompetent readingReading interventionLanguage skillsContextual wordsProcessing speedFluencyUnique contributionComprehensionSkillsYouthMinority backgroundsReadingEthnic minority groupsCaucasian samplesCompetence
2012
Prenatal Exposure to Nicotine and Impaired Reading Performance
Cho K, Frijters JC, Zhang H, Miller LL, Gruen JR. Prenatal Exposure to Nicotine and Impaired Reading Performance. The Journal Of Pediatrics 2012, 162: 713-718.e2. PMID: 23122624, PMCID: PMC3577994, DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2012.09.041.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSchool-aged childrenPrenatal nicotine exposureSkill outcomesAge childrenLongitudinal studyPotential mediatorsNicotine exposureSkills of childrenPhonological deficitPrenatal exposureRisk of underperformanceReading performanceSingle wordsAvon Longitudinal StudyLongitudinal samplePoor performanceLarge associationsNegative associationChildrenAreas of speedParentsSpellingFluencyNicotineComprehension