Self-concept of children with learning disabilities and its relationship to academic achievement and perceived social support

• Main Author: Lao, Lucien C.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 2008
• Subjects: Learning disabled children—Psychology Self-perception in children; Clinical Psychology
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_masteral/6478; https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/context/etd_masteral/article/12947/viewcontent/CDTG004920_P.pdf
• Institution: De La Salle University

Previous studies have reported inconsistent findings about the relationship between learning disabilities and self-concept. Children with learning disabilities are commonly assumed to have poorer self-concepts than normally achieving children. The present study was designed to measure the self-concept of Filipino children with learning disabilities. It was also the aim of this study to determine which among academic achievement, perceived social support from parents, teachers, and peers are good predictors for a positive selfconcept. Additionally, the study also intended to discover the experiences of an LD child in different contexts of his life. The participants for this study were 60 Filipino learning-disabled elementary children with ages ranging from 9-12 years old studying in either public or private school in Metro Manila who completed the Self- Perception Profile for Learning Disabled Students and the Social Support Scale for Children, which are self-report instruments for measuring selfconcept as well as perceived social support from parents, teachers, and peers, respectively. They were also interviewed for a richer data about their experiences as a child with learning disabilities. Filipino children with learning disabilities reported as having positive self-concepts. However, among the possible predictors, only parent support proved to be a good predictor for a positive self-concept. There were different areas that emerged during the interview that provided a deeper understanding about LD children. Other possible factors that might have an effect on self-concept were also discussed in this study