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  • Perceived self-efficacy and social anxiety changes in high school students with learning disabilities (LD) during first year of secondary vocational education
    Bakračevič, Karin ; Lorger, Teja ; Schmidt, Majda
    This empirical study focused on high school students with a learning disability (LD), particularly adolescents undergoing training in secondary vocational study programmes. A total of 417 1st-year ... high school students were included in the survey, 105 of whom were LD students. Data on social anxiety and perceived social self-efficacy were collected at the beginning and end of the school year using the Social Self-Efficacy Scale and the LSAA Social Anxiety Scale. The results mostly relate to male students because the sample included 359 boys and 58 girls. In both the initial and final measurements, a significantly lower level of perceived social self-efficacy and a higher level of social anxiety were found in students with special needs compared to their peers. Perceived self-efficacy in LD students decreased significantly during the school year, while changes in social anxiety were not statistically significant. Results could indicate some difficulties in social integration of LD youths in vocational school classes. Thus, it would be desirable for schools to provide a more supportive and efficient learning environment for strengthening social integration of LD students in secondary vocational education.
    Source: European journal of special needs education. - ISSN 0885-6257 (Vol. 33, iss. 4, 2018, str. 584-594)
    Type of material - article, component part ; adult, serious
    Publish date - 2018
    Language - english
    COBISS.SI-ID - 23509256

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    http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/08856257.2017.1410320
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source: European journal of special needs education. - ISSN 0885-6257 (Vol. 33, iss. 4, 2018, str. 584-594)

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