How local is the impact of a specific learning difficulty on premature children's evaluation of their own competence?

Article Abstract:

Prematurely born children perceive their competence levels realistically according to their actual strengths and weaknesses. An analysis of 163 prematurely born six-year old children attending mainstream schools shows that children with reading problems feel that they have lower cognitive competence. Children with motor co-ordination problems perceive themselves as having low physical competence. Children with both disorders have lower perceptions of cognitive and physical competence. Older children perceive their abilities more accurately but evaluate themselves globally.

Psychological aspects, Students, Motor ability, Motor skills, Self evaluation, Reading disability, Reading disorders, Students, Self-rating of

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Emotional role-taking abilities of children with a Pervasive Developmental Disorder Not Otherwise Specified

Article Abstract:

A comparative study of the performances of seven-to-12-year-old children with a Pervasive Development Disorder Not Otherwise Specified and a group of normal children of the same sex on three emotional role-taking tasks revealed the former to be poorly equipped in deciphering emotionally charged social information. This reveals the possible utility of analyzing social-cognitive skills in accurately identifying cognitive capacities of children.

Research, Cognition in children, Cognitive development, Emotional problems of children, Childhood emotional problems, Affect (Psychology)

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