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Fuller-Thomson, Esme; Carroll, Samara Z.; Yang, Wook – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2018
Several studies have linked specific learning disorders (SLDs) with suicidal ideation, but less is known about the disorders' association with suicide attempts. This gap in the literature is addressed via the 2012 nationally representative Canadian Community Health Survey (n = 21,744). The prevalence of lifetime suicide attempts among those with…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Suicide, Learning Disabilities, Mental Health
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Stack-Cutler, Holly L.; Parrila, Rauno K.; Torppa, Minna – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2015
We assessed the impact of intrapersonal and interpersonal resilience, persistence, and number of difficulties in addition to reading problems on life satisfaction (general, social, and self) and academic achievement. A total of 120 adults with reading difficulties who either were completing a university degree or were recent graduates responded to…
Descriptors: Life Satisfaction, Reading Difficulties, Adult Literacy, Resilience (Psychology)
Swanson, H. Lee; Orosco, Michael J.; Kudo, Milagros – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2017
This cohort-sequential study explored the components of working memory (WM) that underlie second language (L2) reading growth in 450 children at risk and not at risk for reading disabilities (RD) whose first language is Spanish. English language learners designated as balanced and nonbalanced bilinguals with and without risk for RD in Grades 1, 2,…
Descriptors: Short Term Memory, Bilingualism, Reading Difficulties, Spanish Speaking
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Bryan, Tanis; Nelson, Carol – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1994
Analysis of survey responses of elementary and junior high students (n=1,527) in regular, resource, and self-contained special education classrooms found significant main effects for group, grade, and group by grade interactions for amount, type, and time spent doing homework; opportunity to do homework at school; parents' assistance; and…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Homework, Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools