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- Title
Academic Processing Speed Mediates the Influence of Both Externalizing Behavior and Language Skills on the Academic Skills of Students with Emotional Disturbance.
- Authors
Benner, Gregory J.; Nelson, J. Ron; Allor, Jill H.; Mooney, Paul; Dai, Tao
- Abstract
The results from previous research suggest that there is a relatively small (albeit statistically significant) relationship between the externalizing behavior and academic skills of students with emotional disturbance (ED). Researchers have also found that the majority of these students have language deficits that hinder their academic performance. The purposes of this study were to investigate the mediating role of academic processing speed (i.e., academic fluency) on the relationship between: (a) The externalizing behavior and academic skills of K-12 students with ED; and (b) language skills and academic skills of students with ED. Results indicate that academic processing speed mediated the influence of both language skills and externalizing behavior on academic skills of this population. The findings, limitations, and implications were discussed.
- Subjects
ADJUSTMENT disorders in children; EMOTIONAL problems of children; ACADEMIC achievement; LANGUAGE ability testing; BEHAVIOR disorders in children; BEHAVIORAL assessment of children; SCHOOL children; CHILD psychology; FLUENCY (Language learning)
- Publication
Journal of Behavioral Education, 2008, Vol 17, Issue 1, p63
- ISSN
1053-0819
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10864-007-9057-7