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Depression, Anxiety at School and Self-Esteem in Children with Learning Disabilities

2014

Educational research places emphasis on the fact that pupils with Learning Disabilities may develop depressive and anxiety symptoms characterized by lower levels of self-esteem. The aim of this research is to compare the levels of depression, anxiety at school and self-esteem in children with learning disabilities, mathematical disabilities and a control group who showed typical learning. The participants were 132 children (52 girls and 80 boys), with an average age of 9 years, attending the fourth grade of primary school. These pupils were selected by scores on a battery of tests commonly used in Italy for the assessment of learning disabilities. On the whole, analyses revealed that childr…

Generalized anxiety disorderDepressionmedia_common.quotation_subjecteducationSelf-esteemPsychological interventionLearning disabilitieCognitionmedicine.diseaseChildhoodDevelopmental psychologySettore M-PSI/04 - Psicologia Dello Sviluppo E Psicologia Dell'EducazioneEducational researchSelf-esteemLearning disabilitymedicineAnxietymedicine.symptomPsychologySchool anxietyAtypical depressionClinical psychologymedia_commonJournal of Psychological Abnormalities in Children
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CHANGES IN SCHOOL ANXIETY AND EMOTIONAL SELF-REGULATION OF AN ADOLESCENCE EXPERIMENTAL GROUP FOLLOWING THE ABKT-B PROGRAMME

2020

The purpose of this study was to adapt the experimental programme MBCT-C (Randy J. Semple & Jennifer Lee’s programme “Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Anxious Children”, 2011) in early adolescents and compare the changes in school anxiety and emotional regulation indicators before and after in the experimental and control group. The necessity for intervention with respect to school anxiety and emotional regulation among children with emotional regulation and school anxiety issues in the early adolescence group was indicated by research into problems connected with youth behaviour and difficulties in regulating emotions. The study analysed the results of six 6th grade students (12…

MindfulnessEarly adolescencemedicine.medical_treatmentmindfulness; MBCT-C (ABKT-B); emotional regulation; school anxiety; early adolescenceEmotional regulationIntervention (counseling)medicineCognitive therapyEarly adolescentsAnxietymedicine.symptomPsychologyEmotional self-regulationClinical psychologySOCIETY. INTEGRATION. EDUCATION. Proceedings of the International Scientific Conference
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The effects of school anxiety on self-esteem and self-handicapping in pupils attending primary school

2016

School anxiety appears to be related to self-esteem and self-handicapping strategies. This study aims at identifying children with atypical levels of anxiety and examining the relationship between their self-esteem at school and their use of self-handicapping strategies. The sample included 120 pupils (M = 8.6 years) attending third grade of primary school and was divided into three groups: pupils with low anxiety, average anxiety and high anxiety. Children were administered the Scale for Evaluation of Anxiety (SAFA A), the TMA - Multidimensional test of Self-esteem- and the Self-Handicapping Scale for Children. On the whole, results demonstrate a nearly normative distribution of school anx…

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