Perception of competence: Risk and protective predictors following an e-self-advocacy intervention for adolescents with learning disabilities

European Journal of Special Needs Education

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 443-457

  Kotzer, Efrat ^a   Margalit, Malka ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Competence; Hope; Learning disabilities; Loneliness; Self advocacy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABLED STUDENT; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; HOPE; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; LONELINESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE SCHOOL; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL COMPETENCE; SPECIAL EDUCATION; VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 35348863003     PISSN: 08856257     EISSN: 1469591X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08856250701650060     Document Type: Article

References (43)

1. Asher, S. R., Parkhurst, J. T., Hymel, S. and Williams, G. A. (1990) Peer rejection and loneliness in childhood. Peer rejection in childhood, pp. 253-273. Cambridge University Press, New York
2. Barber, B. K. and Olsen, J. A. (2004) Assessing the transitions to middle and high school. Journal of Adolescent Research, 19:1, pp. 3-30.
3. Dan, G. (1997) Locating self-advocacy in models of disability: understanding disability in the support of self-advocates with learning difficulties. Disability and Society, 12:3, pp. 367-379.
4. Deci, E. L. and Ryan, R. M. (2000) The 'what' and the 'why' of goal pursuits: Human needs and self-determination of behavior. Psychological Inquiry, 11, pp. 227-268.
5. Donahue, M. L. and Pearl, R. (2003) Studying social development and learning disabilities is not for the faint-hearted: Comments on the risk/ resilience framework. Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 18:2, pp. 90-93.
6. Eccles, J. S. and Wigfield, A. (2002) Motivational beliefs, values, and goals. Annual Review in Psychology, 53, pp. 109-132.
7. Faircloth, B. S. and Hamm, J. V. (2005) Sense of belonging among high school students representing four ethnic groups. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 34:4, pp. 293-309.
8. Ellis, E. S., Deshler, D. D., Lenz, B. K., Schumaker, J. B. and Clark, F. L. (1991) The instructional model for teaching learning strategies. Focus on Exceptional Children, 6, pp. 1-24.
9. Feldman, D. B. and Snyder, C. R. (2005) Hope and the meaningful life: theoretical and empirical associations between goal-directed thinking and life meaning. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 24:3, pp. 401-421.
10. Finlay, M. and Lyons, E. T. (1998) Social identity and people with learning difficulties: Implications for self-advocacy groups. Disability and Society, 13:1, pp. 37-51.
11. Forgan, J. W. and Vaughn, S. (2000) Adolescents with and without LD make the transition to middle school. Journal of Learning Disabilities, 33:1, pp. 33-44.
12. Gilman, R., Dooley, J. and Florell, D. (2006) Relative levels of hope and their relationship with academic and psychological indicators among adolescents. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 25:2, pp. 166-178.
13. Gorlnick, W. S. and Ryan, R. M. (1990) Self-perceptions, motivation, and adjustment in children with learning disabilities: A multiple group comparison study. Journal of Learning Disabilities, 23:3, pp. 177-184.
14. Imanueli, E. (2005) Virtual self-advocacy for students with LD, Tel-Aviv University
15. Kozminsky, L. (2004) Speaking for themselves: Self-advocacy of students with learning disabilities, Yesod, Mofet
16. Lackaye, T. and Margalit, M. (2006) Comparisons of achievement, effort and self-perceptions among students with learning disabilities and their peers from different achievement groups. Journal of Learning Disabilities, 39:5, pp. 432-446.
17. Lackaye, T., Margalit, M., Ziv, O. and Ziman, T. (2006) Comparisons of self-efficacy, mood, effort, and hope between students with learning disabilities and their non-LD-matched peers. Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 21:2, pp. 111-121.
18. Lancaster, P. E., Schumaker, J. B. and Deshler, D. D. (2002) The development and validation of an interactive hypermedia program for teaching a self-advocacy strategy to students with disabilities. Learning Disability Quarterly, 25:4, pp. 277-303.
19. Lansdown, G. and Karkara, R. (2006) Children's right to express views and have them taken seriously. The Lancet, 367:9511, pp. 690-693.
20. Lazarus, R. S. (1999) Hope: An emotional and a vital coping resource against despair. Social Research, 66, pp. 663-675.
21. Malian, I. and Nevin, A. (2002) A review of self-determination literature. Remedial and Special Education, 23:2, pp. 68-74.
22. Margalit, M. (1994) Loneliness among children with special needs: theory, research and coping and intervention, Springer-Verlag, New York
23. Margalit, M. (2003) Resilience model among individuals with learning disabilities: Proximal and distal influences. Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 18:2, pp. 82-86.
24. Margalit, M. (2004) Second-generation research on resilience: social-emotional aspects of children with learning disabilities. Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 19:1, pp. 45-48.
25. Margalit, M. and Al-Yagon, M. (2002) The loneliness experience of children with learning disabilities. The social dimensions of learning disabilities, pp. 53-75. Lawrence Erlbaum, Los Angeles, CA
26. Margalit, M. and Idan, O. (2004) Resilience and hope theory: An expanded paradigm for learning disabilities. Thalamus, 22:1, pp. 58-64.
27. Merchant, D. J. and Gajar, A. (1997) A review of the literature on self-advocacy components in transition programs for students with learning disabilities. Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation, 8:3, pp. 223-231.
28. Michaels, C. A. (1994) Transition strategies for persons with learning disabilities, Singular Publishing, San Diego, CA
29. Pavri, S. and Monda-Amaya, L. (2000) Loneliness and students with learning disabilities in inclusive classrooms: Self-perceptions, coping strategies, and preferred intervention. Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 15:1, pp. 22-33.
30. Peplau, L. A. and Perlman, D. (1982) Types of loneliness. Loneliness: A sourcebook of current theory, research and therapy, pp. 105-119. Wiley, New York
31. Pierson, M. R., Cortez, F. and Shea, A. M. (2005) Self-advocacy for students with disabilities. Academic Exchange Quarterly, 9:1, pp. 124-128.
32. Ryan, R. M. (2004) The fully functioning self: Self-determination theory and the study of basic psychological needs across domains, time, relationships and cultures. paper presented at the Self Conference Berlin, Germany
33. Shogren, K. A., Lopez, S. J., Wehmeyer, M. L., Little, T. D. and Pressgrove, C. L. (2006) The role of positive psychology constructs in predicting life satisfaction in adolescents with and without cognitive disabilities: An exploratory study. Journal of Positive Psychology, 1:1, pp. 37-52.
34. Shorey, H. S., Snyder, C. R., Rand, K. L., Hockemeyer, J. R. and Feldman, D. B. (2002) Somewhere over the rainbow: Hope theory weathers its first decade. Psychological Inquiry, 13:4, pp. 322-331.
35. Snyder, C. R. (2002) Hope theory: Rainbows in the mind. Psychological Inquiry, 13:4, pp. 249-275.
36. Snyder, C. R., Feldman, D. B., Shorey, H. S. and Rand, K. L. (2002) Hopeful choices: A school counselor's guide to hope theory. Professional School Counseling, 5:5, pp. 298-308.
37. Snyder, C. R., LaPointe, A. B., Crowson, J. J. and Shannon, E. (1998) Preferences of high and low hope people for self-referential input. Cognition and Emotion, 12:6, pp. 807-823.
38. Stone, C. A. (2004) The role of social support and congruency of perspectives in moderating threats to self-concept in high-functioning adolescents with learning disabilities: A preliminary report. Thalamus, 22:1, pp. 40-49.
39. Test, D. W., Fowler, C. H., Brewer, D. M. and Wood, W. M. (2005) A content and methodological review of self-advocacy intervention studies. Exceptional Children, 72:1, pp. 101-126.
40. Test, D., Fowler, C., Wood, W., Brewer, D. and Eddy, S. (2005) A conceptual framework of self-advocacy for students with disabilities. Remedial and Special Education, 26, pp. 43-54.
41. Wei, M., Shaffer, P. A., Young, S. K. and Zakalik, R. A. (2005) Adult attachment, shame, depression, and loneliness: The mediation role of basic psychological needs satisfaction. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 52:4, pp. 591-601.
42. Wiener, J. and Tardif, C. Y. (2004) Social and emotional functioning of children with learning disabilities: Does special education placement make a difference?. Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 19:1, pp. 20-32.
43. Yuan, F. (1994) Moving toward self-acceptance: A course for students with learning disabilities. Intervention in School and Clinic, 29, pp. 301-309.