Reading and writing skills influence the social status of students, exerting effects not only on learning, but also on wellbeing. This study aimed to assess the impact of diagnosis of specific learning disorder on well-being in secondary-school students, comparing students with a diagnosis of specific learning disorder (SLD-group), students showing learning difficulties without diagnosis (LD-group) and students without learning difficulties (control-group). Students were tested with neuropsychological screening tests in order to identify learning difficulties and were further assessed by means of psychological and school well-being questionnaires. The results show that LD group perceive themselves as having a low sense of mastery and autonomy, less interest and engagement in daily activities and low peer social support than their schoolmates. This result highlights, for the LD group, a low well-being experience, which is not observed in the SLD and control groups. On the contrary, SLD group students do not differ from control group students in any dimensions except for the perceived parents’ support and involvement in school life, in which the SLD group show the highest scores. This work underlines the importance of having a diagnosis as it seems to work as a protective factor for both the psychological and school well-being of the student.

Lombardi, E., Traficante, D., Bettoni, R., Offredi, I., Vernice, M., Sarti, D. (2021). Comparison on well-being, engagement and perceived school climate in secondary school students with learning difficulties and specific learning disorders: An exploratory study. BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES, 11(7) [10.3390/bs11070103].

Comparison on well-being, engagement and perceived school climate in secondary school students with learning difficulties and specific learning disorders: An exploratory study

Bettoni R.;Vernice M.;
2021

Abstract

Reading and writing skills influence the social status of students, exerting effects not only on learning, but also on wellbeing. This study aimed to assess the impact of diagnosis of specific learning disorder on well-being in secondary-school students, comparing students with a diagnosis of specific learning disorder (SLD-group), students showing learning difficulties without diagnosis (LD-group) and students without learning difficulties (control-group). Students were tested with neuropsychological screening tests in order to identify learning difficulties and were further assessed by means of psychological and school well-being questionnaires. The results show that LD group perceive themselves as having a low sense of mastery and autonomy, less interest and engagement in daily activities and low peer social support than their schoolmates. This result highlights, for the LD group, a low well-being experience, which is not observed in the SLD and control groups. On the contrary, SLD group students do not differ from control group students in any dimensions except for the perceived parents’ support and involvement in school life, in which the SLD group show the highest scores. This work underlines the importance of having a diagnosis as it seems to work as a protective factor for both the psychological and school well-being of the student.
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Learning difficulties; School climate; School engagement; Specific learning disorder; Well-being;
English
2021
11
7
103
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Lombardi, E., Traficante, D., Bettoni, R., Offredi, I., Vernice, M., Sarti, D. (2021). Comparison on well-being, engagement and perceived school climate in secondary school students with learning difficulties and specific learning disorders: An exploratory study. BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES, 11(7) [10.3390/bs11070103].
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