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Self‐esteem and anxiety in the educational histories of adult dyslexic students
Author(s) -
Riddick Barbara,
Sterling Christopher,
Farmer Marion,
Morgan Steven
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
dyslexia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.694
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1099-0909
pISSN - 1076-9242
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1099-0909(199912)5:4<227::aid-dys146>3.0.co;2-6
Subject(s) - dyslexia , psychology , anxiety , self esteem , developmental psychology , clinical psychology , reading (process) , linguistics , psychiatry , philosophy
The self‐esteem, anxiety and past and present educational histories of 16 dyslexic university students and 16 matched controls were compared. Self‐esteem was measured using the Culture‐free Self‐esteem Inventory and anxiety was measured with the State–Trait Anxiety Inventory. A questionnaire devised by the research team was used to gather information on past and present educational histories, including a number of questions that could be rated on a five point scale. The dyslexic group was found to have significantly lower self‐esteem than the controls. On the State–Trait Anxiety Inventory there was no significant difference between the groups. On the five point rating scales the dyslexic group reported themselves as feeling more anxious and less competent in their written work at school than the controls and rated themselves at university as less competent both in their written work and in their academic achievements. Copyright © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.