TY - JOUR
T1 - Coping strategies of high school students with learning disabilities
T2 - A longitudinal qualitative study and grounded theory
AU - Givon, Sara
AU - Court, Deborah
PY - 2010/6
Y1 - 2010/6
N2 - The authors interviewed 20 Israeli high school students with learning disabilities over a three-year period to identify the students' core coping strategies. Four emotional-cognitive strategies were identified: 'Avoidance,' 'Rebellion,' 'Reconciliation,' and 'Determination.' These strategies appeared in hierarchical order, leading to students' integration of, acceptance of, and coming to terms with their difficulties. Interventions of early and accurate diagnosis of difficulties, accompanied by remedial teaching and social support, were important in the students' developing effective coping styles. Results, in the form of a hierarchical continuum, provide a map within which school counselors and teachers may place their students' current functioning, and help students progress toward coping strategies effective for attaining emotional and academic success.
AB - The authors interviewed 20 Israeli high school students with learning disabilities over a three-year period to identify the students' core coping strategies. Four emotional-cognitive strategies were identified: 'Avoidance,' 'Rebellion,' 'Reconciliation,' and 'Determination.' These strategies appeared in hierarchical order, leading to students' integration of, acceptance of, and coming to terms with their difficulties. Interventions of early and accurate diagnosis of difficulties, accompanied by remedial teaching and social support, were important in the students' developing effective coping styles. Results, in the form of a hierarchical continuum, provide a map within which school counselors and teachers may place their students' current functioning, and help students progress toward coping strategies effective for attaining emotional and academic success.
KW - Coping strategies
KW - Grounded theory
KW - Learning disabilities
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=77951735579&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/09518390903352343
DO - 10.1080/09518390903352343
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AN - SCOPUS:77951735579
SN - 0951-8398
VL - 23
SP - 283
EP - 303
JO - International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education
JF - International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education
IS - 3
ER -