Self-Concept in Primary School Student with Dyslexia: The Relationship to Parental Rearing Styles.

Anyan Huang,Yanhong Huang,Yuhang Lin,Mingfan Sun,Xuecong Lin,Kusheng Wu,Xuanzhi Zhang

doi:10.3390/ijerph18189718

Abstract

Dyslexic children may be more likely to form a negative self-concept, especially with poor educational experiences and negative parenting. The purpose of the present study was to investigate the self-concept of Chinese dyslexic children in primary school, and explore the influence factors of self-concept as well as its relationship with parenting style. A total of 50 children with dyslexia and 50 non-dyslexics matched for age, grade and gender participated in the study. We used the Piers-Harris children’s self-concept scale (PHCSS) and the Chinese version of Egna Minnen Beträffande Uppfostran for Children (EMBU-C) to evaluate the self-concept and parenting styles of the study population. Our results indicated that the academic competence, popularity and general self-concept in the dyslexic group were significantly lower than those in the control group (p < 0.05). Based on the multivariate linear regression, we also found that residence (β = −0.32, p < 0.05) and physical activity (β = 0.36, p < 0.01) may influence factors self-concept in dyslexic children. In addition, a moderate and positive correlation was found between the self-concept of physical appearance and maternal emotional warmth (r = 0.36, p < 0.05) by using the Spearman correlation analysis. Our outcomes suggested that children with dyslexia have a poorer self-concept than typical developing children. The self-concept of dyslexic children should be improved in order to achieve better physical and mental development.

Highlights

Developmental Dyslexia (DD), characterized by inaccurate, slow or laborious reading, as well as poor spelling, is a neurodevelopmental disorder caused by a variety of genetic, neurological and cognitive factors [1]
A total of 50 children with dyslexia and 50 typical developing children who were 1:1 matched with the case group in gender, age and grade were included in the study
In addition to the main results mentioned above, we found that children with dyslexia had difficulty in doing homework and were scolded by their parents in significantly higher numbers than the control group

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Introduction

Developmental Dyslexia (DD), characterized by inaccurate, slow or laborious reading, as well as poor spelling, is a neurodevelopmental disorder caused by a variety of genetic, neurological and cognitive factors [1]. The latest epidemiology study reported that dyslexia is highly prevalent, affecting 20% of the population [3], while in China, the prevalence of dyslexia ranges from 3% to 10% [4,5,6]. Our previous epidemiological investigation showed that the prevalence of dyslexia among children in Shantou was 5.4% [7]. The majority of teachers or parents from China did not know about dyslexia, even though it has been studied domestically for more than a decade. The most immediate impact of dyslexia on children may be the phenomenon of school failure

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