Date of Award
3-24-2021
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Communication Disorders, MCD
First Advisor
Amy Shollenbarger
Committee Members
Arianne Pait; Stacy Walz
Call Number
LD 251 .A566t 2020 J47
Abstract
This study was performed to measure the salivary cortisol levels of children with reading difficulties compared to children with typical reading performance. Participants were ages 6-11. They attended two sessions, where reading levels and cortisol levels were measured in order to determine the effect of reading performance on cortisol levels. An independent samples t-test was conducted to compare the cortisol levels for participants who had reading difficulties (experimental group) and the participants with typical reading performance (control group). Means of the cortisol levels were compared in order to reveal at what stage during reading tasks cortisol levels peaked. No statistical significance was found for salivary cortisol levels increasing at any stage of reading tasks in children with reading difficulties. However, the means of the salivary cortisol levels did indicate that children with reading difficulties may have naturally higher cortisol levels when knowledge of a reading task is presented.
Rights Management
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Recommended Citation
Jarrett, Alexandria Gaines, "Salivary Cortisol Levels of Children with Reading Difficulties" (2021). Student Theses and Dissertations. 339.
https://arch.astate.edu/all-etd/339
