Development of Swallowing Function in Infants with Oral Feeding Difficulties by Changhun Han, Jaeho Shin, Ga Won Jeon

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Executive Functions and Special Educational Needs and Their Relationship with School-Age Learning Difficulties by Juan Manuel Núñez, Ana Soto-Rubio, Marián Pérez-Marín

Subjects: “…executive functions…”
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A study on the psychological functioning of children with specific learning difficulties and typically developing children by Nurul Shafira Adi, Azizah Othman, Hue San Kuay, Qarem Mohamed Mustafa

“…Abstract Introduction Dyslexia is a widespread Specific Learning Difficulty, and children with dyslexia often face significant psychological difficulties due to their challenges with reading, spelling, and writing. …”
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Dysmasema: Persistent Decline in Masticatory Function Related to Aging and Systemic Factors by Chia-Shu Lin, Ta-Chung Chen

“…Decreased masticatory function, which is termed ‘masticatory dysfunction’, has long been considered a sign and symptom of underlying oral diseases. …”
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Investigation of Withdrawal, Controlling Difficulty, Disorder in Functionality, and Social Isolation in Problematic Internet Use in Adolescents by Sema Bayraktar, Merve Boşat Sönmez

“…Results: A positive relationship was obtained between deprivation and control difficulty, impairment of functioning, and social isolation. …”
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The reading difficulties in Chinese for individuals with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: the role of executive function deficits by Jia Wei, Dengxian Yang, Fang Cheng, Wenwu Zhang

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Performance of the UNICEF/UN Washington Group tool for identifying functional difficulty in rural Zimbabwean children. by Thomas Frederick Dunne, Jaya Chandna, Florence Majo, Naume Tavengwa, Batsirai Mutasa, Bernard Chasekwa, Robert Ntozini, Andrew J Prendergast, Jean H Humphrey, Melissa J Gladstone

“…Children from families with food insecurity and poorer housing were more at risk of functional difficulty.<h4>Interpretation</h4>Functional difficulty was identified in approximately 1-in-20 children in rural Zimbabwe, which is comparable to prevalence in previous studies. …”
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Sensory Processing Difficulties in Children With Eosinophilic Esophagitis by Muserrefe Nur Keles, Hacer Ilbilge Ertoy Karagol, Ramazan Yildiz, Odul Egritas Gurkan, Sinan Sari, Bulent Elbasan, Buket Dalgic, Arzu Bakirtas, Gazi University Pediatric Eosinophilic Gastrointestinal Diseases Working Group

“…Conclusions Sensory processing difficulties in children with EoE extend beyond feeding challenges, affecting oral sensory and vestibular processing functions. …”
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Short-term impacts of TV viewing on executive functions in children with reading difficulties: an eye tracking study by Zahra Babaei, Sara Arian Namazi, Saeid Sadeghi

“…Abstract Background Studies have shown that watching fantastic TV programs immediately impacts typically developing children’s executive functions (EFs). TV program contents may have a different effect on children with reading difficulties (RDs) because of executive dysfunctions, which have not been studied yet. …”
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Association of frailty with physical activity behaviour and well-being in older employees: moderated mediation by functional difficulty by Emelia Danquah, Nestor Asiamah, Reginald Arthur-Mensah Jnr, Alex Sui Wing Chan, Hafiz T. A. Khan

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Predictors of emotional and behavioral difficulties in adolescence: a longitudinal study by Kênia Oliveira Rosário, Paula Dal Bó Campagnolo

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Functional outcomes of mandibular distraction for the relief of severe airway obstruction and feeding difficulties in neonates with Pierre Robin sequence by Ersoy Konaş, Mert Çalış, Ozan Bitik, Şule Yiğit, Ayşe Korkmaz, Murat Yurdakök, Gökhan Tunçbilek

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Prevalence of Functional Difficulty Among School-Aged Children and Effect on School Enrolment in Rural Southern India: A Cross-Sectional Analysis by Bobeena Rachel Chandy, Calum Davey, William E. Oswald, Saravanakumar Puthupalayam Kaliappan, Kumudha Aruldas, Lena Morgon Banks, Smitha Jasper, Guru Nagarajan, Sean Galagan, David S. Kennedy, Judd L. Walson, Beena Koshy, Sitara S. R. Ajjampur, Hannah Kuper

Subjects: “…Functional difficulty…”
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Emotion regulation beyond executive and attention difficulties: impact on daily life impairments in community adolescents by Elena Poznyak, Martin Debbané

“…Yet, it remains unclear whether and how specific processes related to emotion regulation contribute to daily life impairments, across different domains of functioning. The aim of this cross-sectional study in community adolescents was to investigate whether three processes commonly implicated in adaptive emotion regulation—emotion recognition, emotion reactivity and use of cognitive emotion regulation strategies—uniquely contribute to adolescent-rated functional impairment, above and beyond the effects of age and gender, ADHD symptoms, and individual differences in verbal ability and executive functions. …”
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A comparative study of EEG functional and effective connectivity patterns in children with learning difficulties during reading and math tasks by Haiyan Liu, Haiyan Liu, Huimin Liu

“…IntroductionThis study utilized electroencephalography (EEG) to compare brain functional and effective connectivity patterns in children with reading difficulties (RD) and math difficulties (MD) during specific tasks. …”
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Relations Between Executive Functions and Reading Comprehension: A Study of Fourth-Grade Students with and Without Reading Comprehension Difficulties by José-Pablo Escobar, Victoria Espinoza, Sofia Balboa

Subjects: “…executive functions…”
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Effects of Different Traditional Chinese Mind–Body Exercises on Learning Abilities, Executive Functions, and Brain Connectivity in Children with Learning Difficulties by Xiaoyan Wang, Haojie Li

Subjects: “…learning difficulties…”
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A cross-sectional study on the association between executive functions and social disabilities in people with a psychotic disorder by B.C. van Aken, R. Rietveld, A.I. Wierdsma, Y. Voskes, G.H.M. Pijnenborg, J. van Weeghel, C.L. Mulder

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From framework to functionality: A cross-country analysis of PISA 2018 reading assessment framework’s item features as determinants of item difficulty by Kseniia Marcq, Johan Braeken

“…Methods Using cross-classified mixed effects models, we model the PISA 2018 reading item difficulty as a function of the PISA-defined construct-relevant and -irrelevant item features to gauge the extent to which item features determined item difficulty on average and across 71 countries. …”
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Assessing early childhood developmental functioning in the parental screening tool: an application of the Rasch model by Lucia Ráczová, Tomáš Urbánek, Erika Jurišová, Marta Popelková, Tomáš Sollár

Subjects: “…developmental functioning…”
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