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Savari, Karim; Naseri, Maedeh; Savari, Yasaman – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 2023
Raising a disabled child can be highly stressful for the parents, and it can negatively impact their quality of life. Therefore, in order to minimise such problems and difficulties, the parents are in need of resilience. The present study aimed to evaluate the role of perceived stress, social support, and resilience in predicting the quality of…
Descriptors: Parents, Children, Disabilities, Quality of Life
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Lei, Xianmei; Kantor, Jirí – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 2023
This article identified social support and family quality of life in caregivers of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and examined the correlations between the two variables. Survey research was conducted with 165 caregivers of children with ASD in Sichuan province of China using the Social Support Rating Scale and Beach Center Family…
Descriptors: Social Support Groups, Quality of Life, Family Environment, Parent Attitudes
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Demšar, Ajda; Bakracevic, Karin – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 2023
The purpose of the present study was to determine the level of stress, anxiety, and depression among Slovenian parents of children with autism spectrum disorder and their coping mechanisms. The study included 42 parents of children with ASD who were enrolled at a specialised clinic for children with hearing and speech difficulties. We used the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Depression (Psychology), Anxiety, Stress Variables
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Xu, Na; Chen, Peng; Lang, Rui; Kong, Ling-Ling; Qu, Hai-ying – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 2023
The present study investigated the mediation role of resilience between competency and occupational well-being and its variations among Chinese special education teachers. Two hundred and twenty-four Chinese special education teachers from Shandong and Zhejiang in China completed a range of self-report questionnaires, including Special Education…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Resilience (Psychology), Teacher Competencies, Special Education Teachers
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Briet, Gaëtan; Le Maner-Idrissi, Gaïd; Seveno, Tanguy; Lemarec, Oliver; Le Sourn-Bissaoui, Sandrine – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 2023
The recent introduction of inclusive schooling settings in France has allowed children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) as young as 3 years to benefit from teaching adapted to their special needs, while sharing the same educational environment as their typical peers. The present study examined (1) whether children with ASD attending an…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Students with Disabilities, Inclusion, Foreign Countries
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Salvador-GarcÍa, Celina; Santágueda-Villanueva, MarÍa; Valverde-Esteve, Teresa; Chiva-Bartoll, Óscar – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 2022
This study aims to analyse the Physical Activity (PA) levels of a group of children with ASD and explore certain socio-ecological variables that may be correlated with these levels. The participants of this cross-sectional study were 20 boys and 5 girls with ASD, aged between 4 and 14 years. A socio-demographic questionnaire was designed expressly…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Physical Activity Level, Children
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Bitsika, Vicki; Sharpley, Chris; Heyne, David – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 2022
Autistic youth bullied at school are at risk for school refusal (SR), which may grow from emerging SR (ESR). SR and ESR have been associated with social phobia and separation anxiety among neurotypical youth but these associations have not been studied among autistic youth. The associations between both types of anxiety and in a sample of 71…
Descriptors: Males, Autism, Anxiety Disorders, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
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Widyawati, Yapina; Otten, Roy; Kleemans, Tijs; Scholte, R.H.J. – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 2022
Cultures could influence parents in the way they perceive adverse situations and in how external factors influence resilience, which in turn, may differentially affect the quality of life of a child. The present study aimed to examine the associations between different dimensions of parental resilience and the quality of life of children in…
Descriptors: Resilience (Psychology), Quality of Life, Parents, Children
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Likhitweerawong, Narueporn; Boonchooduang, Nonglak; Louthrenoo, Orawan – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 2022
Parenting children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is challenging. Parents of such children reportedly experience high levels of stress and poor mental health. This study aimed to assess the parenting styles, parental stress, and caregivers' quality of life of children with ASD and compare them to those of children without ASD. Sixty-one and…
Descriptors: Parenting Styles, Child Rearing, Stress Variables, Quality of Life
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Bishara, Saied – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 2022
This study examines the link between phonological and morphological awareness and reading comprehension among special-education children who attend self-contained special education classes in regular Arab elementary schools.The three hypotheses were: First, the higher the level of phonological awareness in Arabic among special education learners,…
Descriptors: Phonological Awareness, Morphology (Languages), Elementary School Students, Special Education
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Vuori, Miika; Autti-Rämö, Ilona; Junttila, Niina; Tuulio-Henriksson, Annamari – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 2022
Emotion dysregulation is a common social functioning deficit in children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Little is known about how teachers rate irritability in school-aged children with ADHD. We examined irritability and disruptive behaviour in clinic-referred school-aged children (n = 145) with ADHD. Children in this…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Teacher Attitudes, Behavior Problems, Student Behavior
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Bishara, Saied; Kaplan, Shani – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 2022
This study examines the link between inhibitory control skills (the ability to plan and suppress an inappropriate action in favour of a goal-oriented reaction) and the sense of self-efficacy (both social and emotional), and mathematics achievements in students with learning disabilities. In this study, 60 sixth-grade students with learning…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Learning Disabilities, Self Control, Inhibition
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Simpson, Kate; Paynter, Jessica; Ziegenfusz, Shaun; Westerveld, Marleen – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 2022
There has been limited research on identifying and understanding co-occurring challenges associated with Developmental Language Disorder (DLD). This is an exploratory study to examine the sensory profile of school-age children with DLD, and to investigate possible relationships between sensory profiles and language skills. Chart information was…
Descriptors: Language Impairments, Developmental Delays, Language Skills, Perceptual Development
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Pavlidou, Kyriaki; Alevriadou, Anastasia – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 2022
The purpose of this research was to measure teachers and students interpersonal competences in situations that a teacher may face at school and which require interpersonal interaction with students, parents or other teachers. In addition, the mediating role of interpersonal competences was examined in the relationship between teachers'…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Competence, Special Education Teachers, General Education, Foreign Countries
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Zhang, Shudong; Xia, Xuenan; Li, Fei; Chen, Chunhui; Zhao, Libo – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 2021
In order to address the problem of the underlying mechanism of mathematics learning disability (MLD), in the current research, we investigated the visual and auditory perceptions of elementary school children with visual and auditory MLD from the first to fourth grade. We found that children with visual mathematics learning disability (VMLD) and…
Descriptors: Visual Perception, Auditory Perception, Perception Tests, Perceptual Impairments
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