Relationships Between Trait Anxiety, Demographic Variables, and School Adjustment in Students with Specific Learning Disabilities.

The present study investigated relationships between dimensions of anxiety, age, gender, and school adjustment in students with specific learning disabilities (SLD). The 177 students with SLD completed measures of anxiety and school adjustment. The results of a hierarchical regression analysis indic...

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Publicado en:Journal of Child & Family Studies Vol. 25; no. 6; pp. 1724 - 1735
Autores principales: McGovern, Jamie, Lowe, Patricia, Hill, Jennifer
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Springer Nature Jun2016
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Sumario:The present study investigated relationships between dimensions of anxiety, age, gender, and school adjustment in students with specific learning disabilities (SLD). The 177 students with SLD completed measures of anxiety and school adjustment. The results of a hierarchical regression analysis indicated that age and gender together were not significant predictors of attitude to school, and that after the influence of age and gender had been removed students with more physiological and social anxiety, but less worry tended to have poorer attitudes toward school. A second hierarchical regression indicated that younger students reported more negative attitudes toward teachers, and after controlling for age and gender, students with more social anxiety reported more negative attitudes toward teachers. Implications for school personnel are discussed.