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Learned Helplessness and Psychological Adjustment II: Effects of Learning Disabilities and Low Achievement.
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Valas, Harald – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2001
Data for 1,833 Norwegian students in grades 4, 7, and 9 show that learning disabled (LD) (n=214) and low achieving (not diagnosed as LD; n=156) attributed success in mathematics and language to ability to a greater extent than other students. LD students showed more helplessness than other low achieving students, although these students showed…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Elementary School Students, Foreign Countries, Helplessness