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Al-Yagon, Michal; Mikulincer, Mario – Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 2004
This study examined patterns of close relationships among school-age children with learning disabilities (LD) as manifested in their attachment style, their self-perceived loneliness, their sense of coherence, and teacher ratings of their academic functioning. In line with resilience theory, this study also aimed to further explore predictors of…
Descriptors: Emotional Adjustment, Attachment Behavior, Learning Disabilities, Elementary School Students
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Lerner, Janet; Chen, Andy – Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 1992
This article offers a profile of Dr. Andy Chen, an individual from Taiwan with learning disabilities who became an assistant professor of accounting at Northeastern Illinois University. The interview follows his progress through school, college, military service, and postgraduate work and describes learning strategies he developed to deal with his…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Cultural Differences, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
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Matejcek, Zdenek; Dytrych, Zdenek – Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 1993
The main outcomes of the Prague (Czechoslovakia) longitudinal studies following over 1,000 children for almost 30 years are summarized. The children were either born from unwanted pregnancies, with alcoholic fathers, born out-of-wedlock, or in divorced families. A theory of psychological subdeprivation is offered and applied to children with…
Descriptors: Alcoholism, At Risk Persons, Child Development, Disadvantaged Environment