How local is the impact of a specific learning difficulty on premature children's evaluation of their own competence?

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 563-568

  Jongmans, Marian ^a   Dubowitz, Lilly ^b   Demetre, James D ^c   Henderson, Sheila E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clumsiness; Prematurity; Self perception; Specific learning difficulty

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPETENCE; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PERCEPTION; PREMATURITY; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF EVALUATION;

ACHIEVEMENT; BRAIN DAMAGE, CHRONIC; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDERS; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 15844409552     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.1996.tb01442.x     Document Type: Article

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