Task‐avoidant behaviour is correlated with reading skills and may have an impact on achieving educational and occupation goals in the long run. Longitudinal studies on task avoidance and its links to reading difficulties are non‐existent, however. The present study examines changes and stability of task‐avoidant behaviour from childhood (Grade 2), through adolescence (Grades 7 and 9), to early adulthood (age 20) among participants identified with (n = 46) and without dyslexia (n = 151) at Grade 2, with gender effects also examined. Results showed significant changes in task avoidance from Grade 2 to Grade 7 and from Grade 9 to age 20, wherein task avoidance increased from Grade 2 to Grade 9 and then decreased until age 20. Furthermore, low correlations obtained between task avoidance assessments over time indicated instability; thus, task avoidance at one point did not predict task avoidance later on. Differences between those with and without dyslexia emerged only at Grade 2, with higher task avoidance reported in the dyslexia group. Finally, no significant gender‐related effects were found for task avoidance at any time point. Together, our findings imply that although task avoidance may be linked to dyslexia in the parental reports of the young study participants, this association does not persist in participants' self‐reports at later ages.

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避免任务的行为和阅读障碍：从2级到20岁的随访

避免任务的行为与阅读技巧有关，从长远来看可能对实现教育和职业目标产生影响。然而，关于避免任务及其与阅读困难的联系的纵向研究尚不存在。本研究调查了在（n = 46）和没有诵读困难（n = 46）的参与者中，从童年（2年级）到青春期（7和9年级）到成年早期（20岁）的任务避免行为的变化和稳定性。= 151）在2年级时，还检查了性别影响。结果表明，从2年级到7年级，从9年级到20岁，任务回避发生了显着变化，其中任务回避从2年级增加到9年级，然后一直下降到20岁。此外，随着时间的推移，任务回避评估之间的相关性较低不稳定 因此，某一时刻的任务回避并不能预测以后的任务回避。有阅读障碍者和没有阅读障碍者之间的差异仅在2级时出现，在阅读障碍者群体中报告的回避率更高。最后，在任何时间点都没有发现明显的性别相关效应可以避免任务。总之，我们的研究结果表明，尽管在年轻研究参与者的父母报告中，避免任务可能与阅读障碍有关，但这种联系并没有持续到参与者的