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Socioemotional Characteristics of Children with and without Learning Disabilities
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Yazdi-Ugav, Orly; Zach, Sima; Zeev, Aviva – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2022
The purpose of the study was to characterize the relationships between behavior problems, academic achievement, and loneliness of students in the upper and lower thirds of a social skills classification. Participants were 733 students (359 boys and 374 girls) ages 9 to 14 years, 642 without learning disabilities (LDs) and 91 with LDs. Their…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Learning Disabilities, Children, Early Adolescents
Academic Achievements, Behavioral Problems, and Loneliness as Predictors of Social Skills among Students with and without Learning Disorders
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Zach, Sima; Yazdi-Ugav, Orly; Zeev, Aviva – School Psychology International, 2016
This study aimed to examine to what extent academic achievements, learning disorders, behavior problems and loneliness explain the variance of students' social skills. The differences between students diagnosed with learning disorders and students without learning disorders in all four variables were examined. Participants were 733 elementary…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Problems, Predictor Variables, Learning Problems
Social Competencies and Difficulties of Gifted Children Compared to Nongifted Peers
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Shechtman, Zipora; Silektor, Anat – Roeper Review, 2012
This study, conducted in Israel, examined the social and emotional difficulties of gifted children, in comparison with nongifted children. The gifted children were further compared in two educational settings: segregated classes and pull-out programs. The 974 participants were from the fifth to twelfth grades. The dependent variables included…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Foreign Countries, Empathy, Interpersonal Competence
The Psychological Well-Being of Unaccompanied Minors: A Longitudinal Study of Adolescents Immigrating from Russia and Ukraine to Israel without Parents
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Tartakovsky, Eugene – Journal of Research on Adolescence, 2009
This paper examines the psychological well-being of high school adolescents immigrating from Russia and Ukraine to Israel without parents. Data were collected in a 3-year longitudinal study that covered the premigration through postmigration periods. Immigrant adolescents were compared with nonemigrating adolescents in Russia and Ukraine.…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Systems Approach, Adolescents, Foreign Countries
Posttraumatic Intrusion, Avoidance, and Social Functioning: A 20-Year Longitudinal Study
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Solomon, Zahava; Mikulincer, Mario – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2007
The study assesses posttraumatic intrusion, avoidance, and social functioning among 214 Israeli combat veterans from the first Lebanon War with and without combat stress reaction (CSR) 1, 2, 3, and 20 years after the war. CSR veterans reported higher intrusion and avoidance than did non-CSR veterans. With time, there was a decline in these…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Psychopathology, Veterans, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Students' Behaviour Difficulties, Sense of Coherence and Adjustment at School: Risk and Protective Factors
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Efrati-Virtzer, M.; Margalit, M. – European Journal of Special Needs Education, 2009
The objectives of the study were to examine the characteristics of non-referred children with behaviour difficulties (BD) (such as verbal and physical aggression towards children and objects), aged 9-12 years and attending mainstream schools, and to compare them with children with no BD. The second objective was to evaluate the contribution of a…
Descriptors: Social Status, Aggression, Females, Social Adjustment