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Learning Disabilities Elevate Children's Risk for Behavioral-Emotional Problems: Differences between LD Types, Genders, and Contexts
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Aro, Tuija; Eklund, Kenneth; Eloranta, Anna-Kaija; Ahonen, Timo; Rescorla, Leslie – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2022
Our purpose was to study the frequency of behavioral-emotional problems among children identified with a learning disability (LD). The data were obtained for 579 Finnish children (8-15 years) with reading disability (RD-only), math disability (MD-only), or both (RDMD) assessed at a specialized clinic between 1985 and 2017. We analyzed percentages…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Learning Disabilities, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Incidence
Probing the Depths of Informant Discrepancies: Contextual Influences on Divergence and Convergence
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Hartley, Anselma G.; Zakriski, Audrey L.; Wright, Jack C. – Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 2011
This study examined how a contextual approach to child assessment can clarify the meaning of informant discrepancies by focusing on children's social experiences and their "if...then" reactions to them. In a sample of 123 children (M[subscript age] = 13.30) referred to a summer program for children with behavior problems, parent-teacher…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Summer Programs, Children, Referral