Psychology, 2018, 9, 1050-1064 http://www.scirp.org/journal/psych ISSN Online: 2152-7199 ISSN Print: 2152-7180 DOI: 10.4236/psych.2018.95066 May 22, 2018 1050 Psychology Executive Functioning in Every Day Life in Ecuatorian Adolescents with Developmental Dyslexia Manuel Soriano-Ferrer 1 , Elisa Piedra-Martínez 2 , Magali Arteaga 3 1 Departamento de Psicología Evolutiva y de la Educación, Facultad de Psicología, Universidad de Valencia, Valencia, Spain 2 Escuela de Educación Especial y Escuela de Psicologìa Educativa, Facultad de Filosofía Universidad del Azuay, Cuenca, Ecuador 3 Universidad del Azuay, Cuenca, Ecuador Abstract Introduction: Deficits in executive functions (EF) have been well documented using tests of neuropsychological performance in children and adolescents with developmental dyslexia. However, the behavioral assessment of EFs in dyslexia is very scarce. Objective: The objective of this study was to examine the EF of adolescents with dyslexia, in comparison with adolescents with typ- ical development. We used the BRIEF-A Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function in Adults (BRIEF-A). Method: 19 adolescents with dys- lexia and 20 adolescents with normal development, participated, matched in age, sex and IQ. Parents and adolescents themselves completed the BRIEF-A. Results: The results show that both parents and adolescents with dyslexia consider that they have more problems of EF in daily life, especially in meta- cognitive processes (initiation, WM, planning, supervision of tasks and plan- ning-organization). In addition, parents reported a lower severity of EF defi- ciencies than adolescents themselves when detecting a lower percentage of scores above the clinical cut-off point. Conclusions: Adolescents and their parents do not always agree in FE assessments. Consequently, information from both informants is essential to understand and treat children with deve- lopmental dyslexia. The results coincide with the FE deficits found with neu- ropsychological tests. Keywords Developmental Dyslexia, Executive Functions, Daily Life 1. Introduction Dyslexia is a specific learning disorder, manifested by unexpected difficulties in How to cite this paper: Soriano-Ferrer, M., Piedra-Martínez, E., & Arteaga, M. (2018). Executive Functioning in Every Day Life in Ecuatorian Adolescents with Deve- lopmental Dyslexia. Psychology, 9, 1050-1064. https://doi.org/10.4236/psych.2018.95066 Received: March 30, 2018 Accepted: May 18, 2018 Published: May 22, 2018 Copyright © 2018 by authors and Scientific Research Publishing Inc. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution International License (CC BY 4.0). http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Open Access