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Direct linkRoberts, Jillian; Whiting, Cheryl – British Journal of Special Education, 2011
Epilepsy is one of the most frequently diagnosed neurological disorders among children. Epilepsy is continuously linked with academic underachievement and social challenges. Despite the implications that these difficulties have for a child's educational success, little is known of how children with epilepsy experience school. Understanding how to…
Descriptors: Epilepsy, Underachievement, Chronic Illness, Quality of Life
Peer reviewedDevlieger, Patrick; And Others – International Journal of Rehabilitation Research, 1994
This study describes cultural similarities and differences in coping skills of persons with epilepsy, based on a survey of 27 individuals in Zimbabwe and 10 in midwestern United States. Coping strategies for the Zimbabwe group in childhood, education, and employment were tolerant of limits imposed on the person, whereas Americans' strategies…
Descriptors: Coping, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences, Cultural Influences
Peer reviewedRosenbaum, Michael; Palmon, Noami – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1984
Tested the hypothesis that psychological adjustment to epilepsy would be a joint function of subjects' (N=50) perceived repertoire of self-control skills and the extent to which they were exposed to uncontrollable seizures. Results showed that high-resourceful epileptics exposed to lower frequencies of seizures coped better with their disability.…
Descriptors: Adaptive Behavior (of Disabled), Coping, Emotional Adjustment, Epilepsy
