Career Attitudes among Boys with and without Specific Learning Disabilities

Theoretical Structure of Career Maturity for Rural Adolescents with Learning Disabilities

“…Considerably less is known about whether the same principles and variables operate with &dquo;atypical&dquo; groups (LoCascio, 1964;1967;Manuele, 1983;Phillips, Strohmer, Berthaume, & O'Leary, 1983). The few studies that are available indicate that students with learning disabilities are generally less career mature than nondisabled peers (Biller, 1985;Bingham, 1978;1980;Kendall, 1981).…”

The Effects of Rational‐Emotive Education Groups on Self‐Concept and Locus of Control Among Learning Disabled Children

“…Research has suggested that LD children, when compared to children without learning disabilities, tend to be inattentive, overactive, and impulsive, and to possess a poor self-concept and an external locus of control orientation (Bryan & Bryan, 1977;Cruickshank, Morse, & Johns, 1980;Leviton & Kiraly, 1979). Continuous failure experiences, together with feelings of being inferior to and different from other children, increase the likelihood of these students developing low self-esteem and a poor self-concept based on negative self-evaluations (Bingham, 1980;Kaslow & Cooper, 1978). A self-concept that includes many derogatory elements perpetuates a vicious cycle in which the poor self-concept contributes to lower academic performance and vice-versa (Black, 1974;Smith, 1979).…”

Social Skills, Learning Disabilities, and Occupational Success

“…A relationship exists between perceptual/problem-solving disorders and the world of work and with career maturity of LD adolescents as well (Bingham, 1978(Bingham, , 1980Kendall, 1981). Bingham found LD adolescents to have significantly lower career maturity, but not lower occupational knowledge skills than their NH counterparts.…”