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Direct linkFeurer, D. Paige; Andrews, Jac J. W. – Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 2009
This study examined school-related stress and depression in adolescents with and without learning disabilities. A total of 87 students (38 learning-disabled and 49 nondisabled) from secondary schools in Calgary completed questionnaires on depressive symptoms and on school-related stress. Results indicated that the adolescents with LD reported…
Descriptors: Stress Variables, Learning Disabilities, Questionnaires, Adolescents
Download full textMcKenna, Gregory S. – Human Resources and Skills Development Canada, 2010
The primary purpose of this report is to explore within the Canadian context the relationship between Self-Reported Learning Disabilities (SRLD) and low literacy performance using the Canadian portion of the public data set from the 2003 International Adult Literacy and Life Skills Survey (IALSS). Two primary research questions related to SRLD…
Descriptors: Intervention, Remedial Reading, Learning Disabilities, Foreign Countries
Grant, Amy; Wilson, Alexander M.; Gottardo, Alexandra – Exceptionality Education Canada, 2007
Exposure to print is a significant predictor of vocabulary growth and declarative knowledge in normally achieving readers (Stanovich, West, & Harrison, 1995). Research has also shown that initial differences in print exposure can be used to predict differences in reading comprehension in children studied ten years after initial assessment…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Learning Disabilities, Reading Comprehension, Reading Skills
McNamara, John; Vervaeke, Sherri-Leigh; Willoughby, Teena – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2008
Risk-taking behavior includes alcohol and drug use, delinquency, acts of aggression, sexual activity, and so on. Many studies have explored the relationship between adolescents and risk-taking behavior; however, only a few studies have examined this link in adolescents with learning disabilities (LD) or attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder…
Descriptors: Delinquency, Learning Disabilities, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Adolescents
Stringer, Ronald W.; Heath, Nancy – Canadian Journal of School Psychology, 2006
One hundred and fifty-five students (average age of 127 months) were tested using the WRAT-3 reading and arithmetic subtests, the Self-Perception Profile for Children with Learning Disabilities (SPPLD) and the Children's Depression Inventory (CDI). One year later they were again tested with the same instruments. The authors hypothesised that…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Self Concept Measures, Arithmetic, Depression (Psychology)
