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ArticleSchizophrenia bulletin2025

Language, Motor Ability and Related Deficits in Children at Familial Risk of Schizophrenia or Bipolar Disorder.

Marta Schiavon, Birgitte K Burton, Nicoline Hemager, Aja N Greve, Katrine S Spang, Ditte Ellersgaard, Kerstin Jessica Plessen, Jens Richardt M Jepsen, Anne A E Thorup, Thomas Werge and 2 more

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12 authors.

Marta SchiavonCORE-Copenhagen Research Center for Mental Health, Mental Health Center Copenhagen, Copenhagen University Hospital, 2900 Copenhagen, Denmark.ORCID 0009-0001-6114-6914
Birgitte K BurtonCORE-Copenhagen Research Center for Mental Health, Mental Health Center Copenhagen, Copenhagen University Hospital, 2900 Copenhagen, Denmark.
Nicoline HemagerCORE-Copenhagen Research Center for Mental Health, Mental Health Center Copenhagen, Copenhagen University Hospital, 2900 Copenhagen, Denmark.ORCID 0000-0003-1339-9981
Aja N GreveiPSYCH, The Lundbeck Foundation Initiative for Integrative Psychiatric Research, 8210 Aarhus, Denmark.ORCID 0000-0002-1369-6639
Katrine S SpangiPSYCH, The Lundbeck Foundation Initiative for Integrative Psychiatric Research, 8210 Aarhus, Denmark.
Ditte EllersgaardCORE-Copenhagen Research Center for Mental Health, Mental Health Center Copenhagen, Copenhagen University Hospital, 2900 Copenhagen, Denmark.
Kerstin Jessica PlesseniPSYCH, The Lundbeck Foundation Initiative for Integrative Psychiatric Research, 8210 Aarhus, Denmark.
Jens Richardt M JepsenCORE-Copenhagen Research Center for Mental Health, Mental Health Center Copenhagen, Copenhagen University Hospital, 2900 Copenhagen, Denmark.
Anne A E ThorupiPSYCH, The Lundbeck Foundation Initiative for Integrative Psychiatric Research, 8210 Aarhus, Denmark.
Thomas WergeiPSYCH, The Lundbeck Foundation Initiative for Integrative Psychiatric Research, 8210 Aarhus, Denmark.
Merete NordentoftCORE-Copenhagen Research Center for Mental Health, Mental Health Center Copenhagen, Copenhagen University Hospital, 2900 Copenhagen, Denmark.
Ron NudelCORE-Copenhagen Research Center for Mental Health, Mental Health Center Copenhagen, Copenhagen University Hospital, 2900 Copenhagen, Denmark.ORCID 0000-0003-2309-011X

Funding

Lundbeck Foundation Initiative for Integrative Psychiatric ResearchMental Health Services of the Capital Region of DenmarkTryg Foundation and the Beatrice Surovell Haskell Fund for Child Mental Health Research of Copenhagen
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Abstract

backgroundIt is known that impairments in linguistic ability and motor function tend to co-occur in children, and that children from families with parental mental illness such as schizophrenia tend to perform poorly in both domains, but the exact nature of these links has not yet been fully elucidated.

designIn this study, we leveraged the first wave of the Danish High Risk and Resilience Study (VIA 7), which includes both genetic data and measures covering multiple developmental domains. The VIA 7 cohort comprises 522 7-year-old children born to parents with schizophrenia (N = 202), bipolar disorder (N = 120) or neither (N = 200). We investigated the relationships between linguistic ability and motor function using correlation and regression analyses, focusing on developmental coordination disorder (DCD) and specific language impairment (SLI) and their potential associations with the three risk groups.

resultsWe found significant correlations between most measures of language and motor function and significant associations of DCD and SLI with language and movement measures, respectively, the largest effect being that of DCD on receptive language, with a significant interaction effect: DCD was associated with poorer performance in children from schizophrenia families compared to bipolar disorder and control families. Both disorders showed higher prevalence among children with familial high risk of mental illness. We did not find significant evidence of genetic overlap between DCD and SLI.

conclusionsOur results suggest strong links between the domains of motor function and linguistic ability. Children of parents with schizophrenia are at high risk of comorbid language and movement disorders.

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Bipolar DisorderChild of Impaired ParentsMotor Skills DisordersSchizophreniaSpecific Language DisorderChildDenmarkFemaleHumansMaleRiskbipolar disorderdevelopmental coordination disorderpsychosisschizophreniaspecific language impairment

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PMID39468758
PMCPMC12597494

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