TEMPERAMENT AND EMOTIONAL PROBLEMS IN CHILDREN WITH SPECIFIC LEARNING DISABILITY

M Anupama; Nagraj Mrutyunjaya

Volume : VI, Issue : I, January - 2016

TEMPERAMENT AND EMOTIONAL PROBLEMS IN CHILDREN WITH SPECIFIC LEARNING DISABILITY

M Anupama, Nagraj Mrutyunjaya

Abstract :

Specific Learning Disability (SLD) with poor school performance and emotional problems form a vicious cycle leading to one another. Presence of difficult temperamental traits can further compound the problem. Early recognition of such problems by parents, teachers and other care givers help in early intervention leading to better emotional adjustment. Temperament and emotional problems were assessed in 40 children with SLD using Temperament Measurement Schedule (TMS) and Childhood Psychopathology Measurement Schedule (CPMS) respectively. Psychopathology was found in 31 (72.5%) children of which conduct problem (57.5%) and behavioral problem (47.5%) were the most common. On TMS significantly higher scores on emotionality and distractibility and lower scores on sociability were found in children who had psychopathology.