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1506463

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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-9-24
pubmed:abstractText
Children with reading disabilities are at risk for emotional difficulties. There is some evidence that reading-disabled children with high socioeconomic status may be at risk of having low self-esteem. We conducted a preliminary study of the impact of reading disability on children's self-esteem and emotional health in a select group of mildly impaired reading disabled children with well-educated parents who were well informed about reading disabilities. We interviewed 28 healthy, preadolescent boys and girls with mean reading delay of 9.0 months and 39 comparable nonreading disabled children who formed the control group. Children and parents completed the Harter's Self-Perception Profile. Parents completed the Achenbach Child Behavior Checklist and Rand Mental Health Survey. We found that these mildly impaired reading-disabled children were more anxious and less happy than were nondisabled students despite having well-informed, well-educated parents (mean level of education = 17.0 years). Reading-disabled children considered themselves to be less competent scholastically, and their parents rated them as less competent than nondisabled children on all measures of self-esteem. These well-educated mothers tended to underrate their child's perceived scholastic competence. Controlling for behavior problems, Achenbach Child Behavior Checklist scores for social competence were lower for reading-disabled children. These findings suggest that the mildly impaired reading-disabled children with high socioeconomic status are at risk for low self-esteem and poor emotional health.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0196-206X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
13
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
256-60
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
Impaired emotional health in children with mild reading disability.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia 19104.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article