Published October 3, 2023
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Publication
Precursors of reading performance and double- and triple-deficit risks in Spanish
Description
Early literacy skills serve as the best precursors of reading success and risk indicators of the double deficit and triple deficit
hypotheses according to the spelling consistency of languages. Our study analyzes the predictive value of phonological
awareness, naming speed, and orthographic skills for early reading in Spanish. Participants included 362 Spanish children
aged 4 to 5 years. We used data analysis to examine the relationships between these precursors and fluency through a
structural equation model and investigated the risk indicators of poor reading performance according to the double deficit
and triple deficit hypotheses using binary logistic analysis. Our research delimits a model for the Spanish language that
emphasizes the predictive value of phonological awareness, letter-naming fluency, and knowledge of graphemes in early
reading. Letter-naming fluency is the best precursor to early reading experiences, and poor early reading performance in
children is explained by deficits in phonological awareness, naming speed, and visual orientation. Our findings confirm the
risk indicators of the triple deficit hypothesis in the early learning of reading in Spanish.
Additional details
Identifiers
- URL
- https://idus.us.es/handle//11441/149318
- URN
- urn:oai:idus.us.es:11441/149318