Academic, Social, and General Self-Concepts of Behavioral Subgroups of Learning Disabled Children

This study assessed perceived competence in 60 children, aged 8 to 13 years, who were classified into 4 carefully matched groups: (a) non-learning-disabled (non-LD), non-behavior-disordered, (b) LD, non-behavior-disordered, (c) LD with externalizing symptoms, and (d) LD with externalizing and internalizing symptoms. Results indicated that the scores of the non-behavior-disordered groups were higher than those of the behavior-disordered groups …