Self esteem among Children with Learning Disability: an Intervention Study

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to assess self-esteem as a psychological correlate of learning disability among children: scope of psychological interventions. It was hypothesized that LD children have low self-esteem. A sample of 30 Students for experimental group, across the age group of ten years to sixteen years were included for the study. Children with average and above average IQ but with learning difficulty, Children who are physically healthy and active in other co-curricular activities, Children who are going for remedial classes for subject wise Learning difficulty were included. And children with various types of Learning disability like dyslexia(both reading comprehension and writing), dyscalculia and dysgraphia were included for the study. Information sheet -Socio-demographic data sheet, Rosenberg Self-Esteem (Rosenberg 1965) questionnaires were administered on the selected sample. The study was an experimental study where the self esteem was assessed pre and post intervention. An intervention was administered for the experimental group which included developing and maintain a healthy self-esteem. Analysis was done using‘t’ test to assess the effect of intervention. The experimental and control group was further analysed to see the effectiveness of the intervention programme. Thepre-test results show that the students with LD have scored low on self esteem. Key findings were the post test shows intervention programme has a significant influence on the experimental group and not very significant influence on control group. Further, the limitations and implications of the study for further research are also given.