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Lêda Maria Braga Tomitch; Denise Neumann; Veema Lodhia; Nasrin Zamani Foroushani; Karen E. Waldie – International Journal for Research in Learning Disabilities, 2023
This exploratory study investigated the self-reported reading difficulties and compensatory strategies of monolingual and bilingual adults with dyslexia. Twenty monolinguals and six bilinguals answered a questionnaire that collected socio-demographic data as well as information regarding their reading difficulties, experiences, and possible…
Descriptors: Dyslexia, Reading Difficulties, Monolingualism, Bilingualism
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Pechtel, Pia; Evans, Ian M.; Podd, John V. – Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, 2011
Eighty-five New Zealand based practitioners experienced in treating adults with a history of child sexual abuse participated in an online judgment study of child sexual abuse outcomes using signal detection theory methodology. Participants' level of sensitivity was assessed independent of their degree of response bias when discriminating (a) known…
Descriptors: Sexual Abuse, Child Abuse, Responses, Coping
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Ogden, Jenni A.; Von Sturmer, Guy – Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1984
Examined the emotional strategies people use and their psychological consequences. Adults (N=270 and 329) were classified into emotional strategy groups. Suppressed emotives had a significantly higher score on the Complaint Questionnaire than emotive and nonemotive groups, suggesting neurotic tendencies. (JAC)
Descriptors: Adults, Affective Behavior, Coping, Emotional Adjustment