A longitudinal investigation of childhood communication ability and adolescent psychotic experiences in a community sample

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• 作者：Sarah A. Sullivan^a ; ^b ; ^{sarah.sullivan@bristol.ac.uk" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author} ; Linda Hollen^c ; ^{linda.hollen@bristol.ac.uk" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author} ; Yvonne Wren^d ; ^{yvonne.wren@speech-therapy.org.uk" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author} ; Andrew D. Thompson^e ; ^{Andrew.D.Thompson@warwick.ac.uk" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author} ; Glyn Lewis^f ; ^{glyn.lewis@ucl.ac.uk" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author} ; Stan Zammit^a ; ^g ; ^{stan.zammit@bristol.ac.uk" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author} ; ^{ZammitS@cardiff.ac.uk" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author}
• 关键词：Pragmatic language ; Expressive speech and language ; Adolescent psychotic experiences ; Adolescent depression ; ALSPAC
• 刊名：Schizophrenia Research
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：May 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：173
• 期：1-2
• 页码：54-61
• 全文大小：534 K

文摘

Some childhood speech and language impairments precede psychosis but it is not clear whether they also precede adolescent psychotic experiences and whether this association is specific to psychotic experiences.

Methods

Pragmatic language and expressive speech and language (parent-assessed using the Children's Communication Checklist) at age 9 and psychotic experiences and depression at ages 12 and 18 were investigated in 7659 participants from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children. Associations were investigated using multivariate modelling.

Results

Poorer pragmatic language at 9 years was associated with psychotic experiences at both ages (12 years OR 1.22, 95% CI 1.11, 1.34; 18 years OR 1.25, 95% CI 1.10, 1.41) but only with depression at 18 years (OR 1.10, 95% CI 1.00, 1.22). Poorer expressive speech and language ability was not associated with psychotic experiences or depression at either age. There was evidence that pragmatic language was specifically associated with psychotic experiences at age 12 but no evidence that the strength of any of the associations changed over time.

Conclusions

Deficits in pragmatic language precede early and late adolescent psychotic experiences and early adolescent depression. Interventions aimed at helping children improve pragmatic language skills may reduce the incidence of adolescent psychopathology and associated psychological disorder and dysfunction later in life.