Original scientific paper
Test anxiety and Adaptive Behaviour of Children with Learning Disabilities
Daniela Cvitković
Abstract
Despite low regulation, process of inclusion of the children with special needs in Croatia is still slowly going. The special needs of the child are very often the main reason for their isolation and rights of that people are still not equal to rights of the peers. The results were showed that both nearer and farther environment may influence negatively to the development of the child with learning disability (LD) that often lead to depression, anxiety and low confidence. The aim of this research was to investigate how much is test anxiety expressed in children with LD in relation to the typical children and also to see is there relationship between test anxiety and adaptive behaviour. 83 children with LD and their peers (N83), their parents and –teachers took part in the research. The results showed that children with LD feel more test anxiety and test anxiety is in correlation with their self-estimations of adaptive behaviour regarding relationships with peers. On the other side, typical children`s test anxiety is in correlation with self-estimations of adaptive behaviour in the class.
Keywords
test anxiety; adaptive behaviour; children with learning disability
Hrčak ID:
26367
URI
Publication date:
7.7.2007.
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