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Impact of the Time of Diagnosis on the Perceived Competence of Adolescents with Dyslexia
Battistutta, Layla; Commissaire, Eva; Steffgen, Georges
2018In Learning Disability Quarterly
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Keywords :
dyslexia; perceived competence; diagnostic timing
Abstract :
[en] Inter-group comparison studies have shown that children with specific learning disorders hold lower self-perceptions regarding their abilities than their typically developing peers, especially in an academic setting. This small-scale study investigated the potential effect of diagnostic timing on competency perceptions within a sample of adolescents with dyslexia, either diagnosed in primary or secondary school, but paired on duration of intervention and academic impairment. Perceived competence was assessed via self-report on an academic, social and more general level. These measures were complemented by open questions investigating pupils’ understanding and tolerance of their dyslexia. Early-diagnosed adolescents were found to hold higher academic and general competency perceptions. Moreover, pupils’ personal statements to the open questions revealed a statistically significant association between time of diagnosis and understanding as well as tolerance of dyslexia, indicating that early-diagnosed adolescents, compared to their late diagnosed peers, have more adequate representations of their reading disorder as specific and non-stigmatizing and are more open by announcing their dyslexia to others. Hence these preliminary findings suggest that diagnostic timing might lead early-diagnosed adolescents to a more adequate understanding of their dyslexia, which might also be related to higher competency perceptions.
Disciplines :
Treatment & clinical psychology
Author, co-author :
Battistutta, Layla ;  University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Language and Literature, Humanities, Arts and Education (FLSHASE) > Integrative Research Unit: Social and Individual Development (INSIDE)
Commissaire, Eva;  Université de Strasbourg
Steffgen, Georges ;  University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Language and Literature, Humanities, Arts and Education (FLSHASE) > Integrative Research Unit: Social and Individual Development (INSIDE)
External co-authors :
yes
Language :
English
Title :
Impact of the Time of Diagnosis on the Perceived Competence of Adolescents with Dyslexia
Publication date :
March 2018
Journal title :
Learning Disability Quarterly
ISSN :
0731-9487
Publisher :
Council for Learning Disabilities
Peer reviewed :
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