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Implicit Theories, Social Support, and Hope as Serial Mediators for Predicting Academic Self-Efficacy among Higher Education Students
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Mana, Adi; Saka, Noa; Dahan, Orit; Ben-Simon, Anat; Margalit, Malka – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2022
This study examined the predictive role of learning difficulties in the academic self-efficacy of students enrolled in higher education institutions and the serial multiple mediation of inner and external resources. The sample consisted of 2,113 students (age range = 18-35 years) at 25 higher education institutions in Israel. Participants were…
Descriptors: Social Support Groups, Learning Problems, College Students, Students with Disabilities
Socioemotional Characteristics of Children with and without Learning Disabilities
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Yazdi-Ugav, Orly; Zach, Sima; Zeev, Aviva – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2022
The purpose of the study was to characterize the relationships between behavior problems, academic achievement, and loneliness of students in the upper and lower thirds of a social skills classification. Participants were 733 students (359 boys and 374 girls) ages 9 to 14 years, 642 without learning disabilities (LDs) and 91 with LDs. Their…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Learning Disabilities, Children, Early Adolescents
Arab-Israeli Mothers' Attribution, Affective, and Behavioral Responses toward Their Child with a Learning Disability: Examining an Attribution Model of Reactions to Stigma
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Lucia, Abeer; Soffer, Michal – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2020
Studies show that people with a learning disability (LD) are stigmatized. The study adopts the major tenets of the "Attribution Model of Reactions to Stigmas" (AMRS), which postulates that causal attributions to disability ("stigmas") are associated with affective responses that lead to behavioral outcomes. Adopting a…
Descriptors: Mothers, Arabs, Foreign Countries, Parent Child Relationship
Victimization by Bullying and Attachment to Parents and Teachers among Students Who Report Learning Disorders and/or Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
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Klomek, A. Brunstein; Kopelman-Rubin, D.; Al-Yagon, M.; Berkowitz, Ruth; Apter, A.; Mikulincer, M. – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2016
This is the first study examining the association between victimization by bullying and attachment to both parents and teachers among students who report Learning Disorders (LD) and/or Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). A total of 1,691 seventh- and eighth-grade students in six junior high schools completed questionnaires about…
Descriptors: Bullying, Learning Disabilities, Attachment Behavior, Teacher Student Relationship
Fathers and Mothers of Children with Learning Disabilities: Links between Emotional and Coping Resources
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Al-Yagon, Michal – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2015
This study compared emotional and coping resources of two parent groups with children ages 8 to 12 years--children with learning disabilities (LD) versus with typical development--and explored how mothers' and fathers' emotional resources (low anxious/avoidant attachment, low negative affect, and high positive affect) may explain differences in…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Coping, Emotional Response, Parents
Using the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 to Develop a Scale to Identify Test Anxiety among Students with Learning Disabilities
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Lufi, Dubi; Awwad, Abeer – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2013
The purpose of this article was to describe an initial step developing a new scale to identify individuals with learning disabilities (LD) and test anxiety. Eighty-eight students answered the "Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2" (MMPI-2). The participants were drawn from the following three groups: (a) adults with LD and test…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Test Anxiety, Comparative Analysis, Test Validity
Subtypes of Attachment Security in School-Age Children with Learning Disabilities
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Al-Yagon, Michal – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2012
This study explored children's secure attachment with both parents versus one parent, as well as the unique role of children's patterns of close relationships with father and mother, for a deeper understanding of maladjustment problems among children with learning disabilities (LD). Specifically, this study identified subgroups of children with…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Learning Disabilities, Child Behavior, Parent Child Relationship