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Rietz, Chantal Sabrina; Hasselhorn, Marcus; Labuhn, Andju Sara – Dyslexia, 2012
Children with literacy difficulties often suffer from a variety of co-occurring externalizing and internalizing difficulties, as well as comorbid ADHD. Therefore, these externalizing and internalizing problems might be more related to comorbid ADHD, rather than being a correlate of literacy difficulties per se. In the present study, we…
Descriptors: Spelling, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Elementary School Students
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Terras, Melody M.; Thompson, Lucy C.; Minnis, Helen – Dyslexia, 2009
Individuals with dyslexia may have lower self-esteem and exhibit more emotional and behavioural difficulties than those without reading problems. However, the nature of any relationship between self-esteem and psychopathology remains unknown. This exploratory study assessed levels of self-esteem using the "Self-Perception Profile for…
Descriptors: Self Esteem, Social Adjustment, Dyslexia, Children
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Everatt, John; Weeks, Sally; Brooks, Peter – Dyslexia, 2008
A total of 83 children with different special educational needs (SEN) assessments were contrasted with a control group (N = 40) without special needs on measures that aimed to identify potential areas of strengths as well as weaknesses in these SEN groups. Carefully selected groups of dyslexics, dyspraxics, children with specific language…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Learning Problems, Educational Needs, Learning Disabilities