Correction: Aydin and Diken (2025). Examining Problem Behaviors and Social Skills in Preschoolers Exhibiting Early Signs of Learning Disabilities. Behavioral Sciences, 15(8), 1087

An error was identified in the original publication (Aydin & Diken, 2025) concerning the formatting of the references. While adapting the citations to match the journal’s style, an artificial intelligence tool was employed that, beyond reformatting, unintentionally altered some details. These included the replacement of journal titles, changes to volume and issue numbers, and in certain cases, the creation of references that did not exist. These issues went unnoticed at the time of submission.

As part of the correction, the entire reference list was thoroughly reviewed, all errors were amended, and DOIs were added where applicable to ensure the list’s accuracy and completeness. Additionally, the text was corrected to reflect the details in the reference list. This was carried out in addition to wording revisions.

Missing Citation

On page 12, Section 4. Discussion, at the end of the second paragraph, “Kavale & Forness, 1996” was added.

On page 12, Section 4. Discussion, at the end of the fourth paragraph, “Kavale & Forness, 1996” was added.

On page 13, Section 4. Discussion, at the third paragraph, in lines 10–11, “Kılıç & Güngör Aytar, 2017” was added.

Deleting Citation

On page 12, Section 4. Discussion, at the end of the second paragraph, “Clauser, 2015” and “Sucuoğlu & Demir, 2017” were deleted.

On page 12, Section 4. Discussion, at the end of the fourth paragraph, “Clauser, 2015”, “Sarı, 2011”, and “Mukaddes et al., 2014” were deleted.

On page 13, Section 4. Discussion, at the second paragraph, in line 9, “Pekdoğan, 2016” and “Bozkurt Polat et al., 2020” were deleted.

On page 13, Section 4. Discussion, at the end of the second paragraph, “Sapsağlam, 2015”, “Göktürk İnce, 2014”, and “Durualp & Aral, 2010” were deleted.

On page 13, Section 4. Discussion, at the third paragraph, in lines 10–11, “Bozkurt Polat et al., 2020” and “Girli, 2013” were deleted.

On page 13, Section 4. Discussion, at the end of the third paragraph, “Kuyurtar, 2011”, “Günindi, 2010”, and “Uysal & Balkan, 2015” were deleted.

Text Correction

There were several errors in the original publication that have been corrected as follows.

On page 2, Section 1. Introduction, in the first paragraph, “(Ladd et al., 1999)” was corrected to “(Ladd et al., 1996)”.

On page 2, Section 1. Introduction, in the second paragraph, “Fantuzzo et al. (2003)” was corrected to “Fantuzzo et al. (2005)”.

On page 4, Section 2. Method, Subsection 2.3 Data Collection Tools, in the third paragraph, “(SSESLD; Okur & Aksoy, 2019)” was corrected to “(SSESLD; Okur & Aksoy, 2024)”.

On page 7, Section 3. Results, Subsection 3.1. Results Related to Levels of Early Signs of LDs, Problem Behaviors, and Social Skills Levels of Participant Children, in line 1, “assesses” was corrected to “assess”.

On page 12, Section 4. Discussion, in the second paragraph, “Elksnin (2004)” was corrected to “Elksnin and Elksnin (2004)”.

On page 12, Section 4. Discussion, in the second paragraph, “Webber & Scheruermann, 2008” was corrected to “Webber & Plotts, 2008”.

On page 12, Section 4. Discussion, in the third paragraph, the sentence “Sarı (2011) also found significant cognitive differences between children with and without learning disabilities, with the latter scoring considerably higher.” was deleted.

On page 12, Section 4. Discussion, in the fourth paragraph, “Webber & Scheruermann, 2008” was corrected to “Webber & Plotts, 2008”.

On page 13, Section 4. Discussion, in the second paragraph, “Ekinci Vural & Gürşimşek, 2009” was corrected to “Vural, 2009”.

On page 13, Section 4. Discussion, in the second paragraph, “Ezmeci, 2019” was corrected to “Ezmeci et al., 2022”.

On page 13, Section 4.

Discussion, in the third paragraph, “Ezmeci, 2019” was corrected to “Ezmeci et al., 2022”.

On page 13, Section 4. Discussion, in the third paragraph, “Most et al., 2012” was corrected to “Most & Greenbank, 2000”.

On page 13, Section 4. Discussion, in the third paragraph, “Koglin & Petermann, 2011” was corrected to “Duering & Petermann, 2011”.

On page 14, Section 4. Discussion, Subsection 4.2. Implications for Practice, in the first paragraph, “Booth-LaForce & Oxford, 2012” was corrected to “Booth-LaForce & Oxford, 2008”.

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The authors state that the scientific conclusions are unaffected. This correction was approved by the Academic Editor. The original publication has also been updated.