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- Title
Mothers' Predictions of the Self-Concept of their Normal or Learning-Disabled Children.
- Authors
Coleman, J. Michael
- Abstract
Investigates the effects of the labeling process in special education in a study which assessed the self-concepts of 48 learning-disabled (LD) children, 54 of their normal age-mates, and 16 regular class students whose teachers indicated the need for special education services. Use of predictions made by mothers of normal children to assess the accuracy of prediction across the parenting groups; Lowered estimates of self-concept generated by mothers of LD students as an indirect effect of the labeling process.
- Subjects
SPECIAL education; SELF-perception in children; CHILDREN with learning disabilities; PSYCHOLOGY
- Publication
Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1984, Vol 17, Issue 4, p214
- ISSN
0022-2194
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/002221948401700405