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The Adjustment of Students with Learning Disabilities to University and Its Relationship to Self-Esteem and Self-Efficacy

Berenice Saracoglu is a graduate student in the Clinical Developmental Graduate Program in Psychology at York University.

Harold Minden

Harold A. Minden is an associate professor of psychology and chairperson of the Counselling and Development Centre at York University.

Marc Wilchesky

Marc Wilchesky is the coordinator of the Learning Disabilities Program and adjunct professor of psychology at York University. Address: Harold A. Minden, 129 BSB, York University, 4700 Keele St., North York, Ontario, Canada M3J1P3.

Using self-report questionnaires, this study found that a sample of 34 university students with learning disabilities reported significantly poorer self-esteem, academic adjustment, and personal-emotional adjustment than a sample of 31 non-learning-disabled students. For both groups, self-esteem correlated positively with general self-efficacy. Both variables correlated positively with adjustment to university.

Journal of Learning Disabilities, Vol. 22, No. 9, 590-592 (1989)
DOI: 10.1177/002221948902200913


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