Associations between childhood reading problems and affective symptoms across the life course: Evidence from the 1946 British Birth Cohort

Little is known about long-term outcomes of reading problems in childhood on affective symptoms across the life course. The aim this research was to test longitudinal associations between and from adolescence early old age. Data were National Survey Health Development (British 1946 birth cohort). A measure available at age 11. Affective assessed ages 13, 15, 35, 43, 53, 60–64 69. Path analyses tested Linear regressions accumulation course (age 13 69). Models adjusted for sex, education, conduct problems, socioeconomic position adulthood. After full adjustment, significantly associated with higher (ages 15) but not adulthood 36, 60–64, Reading Attrition limitation study, due long follow-up period. In order account missing data, information maximum likelihood (FIML) used. Childhood are adolescence, does persist into These results highlight an important period when may exert a particularly strong effect symptoms.