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Homework Stress and Learning Disability: The Role of Parental Shame, Guilt, and Need Frustration
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Katz, Idit; Alesi, Marianna; Moè, Angelica – Learning Disabilities Research & Practice, 2022
Using a cross-sectional design, this study examined the relationships between parental guilt, shame, need frustration, and homework stress in students with learning disabilities (LD) and typically developing students (TD) and their parents. One hundred and eight parent-child dyads (54 LD, 54 TD) completed questionnaires to assess homework stress,…
Descriptors: Homework, Stress Variables, Learning Disabilities, Students with Disabilities
Postsecondary Students with LD/ADHD Facing a Sudden Shift to Online Learning during the COVID-19 Pandemic--Emotional Costs and Implications
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Kalman-Halevi, Maya; Tutian, Rony; Peled, Yehuda – Learning Disabilities Research & Practice, 2023
This study examined the emotional costs and well-being of postsecondary students with learning disabilities (LD) and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) who faced a sudden shift to emergency remote teaching (ERT) during the COVID-19 pandemic. The study was conducted with 237 postsecondary students in Israel from June to July 2020. With…
Descriptors: College Students, Learning Disabilities, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Educational Change
Hope as a Mediator of Loneliness and Academic Self-Efficacy among Students with and without Learning Disabilities during the Transition to College
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Feldman, David B.; Davidson, Oranit B.; Ben-Naim, Shiri; Maza, Etai; Margalit, Malka – Learning Disabilities Research & Practice, 2016
The transition to college often occasions excitement as well as elevated stress for students. The latter may be especially the case for those with learning disabilities (LD), who can encounter problems both socially and academically. This study follows students both with and without LD during the first month of college to explore the relationships…
Descriptors: Stress Variables, Learning Disabilities, Hypothesis Testing, Psychological Patterns
Comparisons of Self-Efficacy, Mood, Effort, and Hope between Students with Learning Disabilities and Their Non-LD-Matched Peers
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Lackaye, Timothy; Margalit, Malka; Ziv, Orit; Ziman, Tahel – Learning Disabilities Research & Practice, 2006
The goals of this study were to compare self-perceptions of self-efficacy, mood, effort, and hope between 123 adolescents with learning disabilities (LD) and a group of 123 Non-LD peers, who were matched for their level of academic performance and gender, and to explore the relations between measures of self-perception and achievement. The results…
Descriptors: Psychological Patterns, Peer Groups, Self Efficacy, Academic Achievement
Psychosocial Status of Adolescents with Learning Disabilities with and without Comorbid Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
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McNamara, John K.; Willoughby, Teena; Chalmers, Heather – Learning Disabilities Research & Practice, 2005
Some researchers suggest that having a learning disability (LD) may act as a risk factor, increasing the likelihood that adolescents experience more negative outcomes in many areas of their lives. However, researchers have yet to examine in one study how having LD with and without attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is related to a…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Interpersonal Relationship, Learning Disabilities, Hyperactivity