This study compares anxiety and self-concept among learning disabled children and their nondisabled peers. On—hundred learning disabled (LD) and 118 nondisabled children participated in the study which demonstrated significantly higher anxiety and lower self-concept in the first group. The differences emphasized the self-dissatisfaction of the LD group and their pawning related anxiety. Therapeutic implications of the results are discussed.
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