The relationship between self-regulation skills and academic success in students with mild and moderate intellectual disabilities

Autor: Kaljača Svetlana, Dučić Bojan
Jazyk: English<br />Serbian
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: Specijalna Edukacija i Rehabilitacija, Vol 15, Iss 1, Pp 23-42 (2016)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1452-7367
2406-1328
DOI: 10.5937/specedreh15-9530
Popis: Students with intellectual disabilities (ID) have considerable difficulties in adjusting to the requirements of the academic environment. The major risk factors are: cognition deficiency, insufficiently developed adaptive skills, lower levels of self-regulation of behavior, and social and functional incompetence. The goal of this research was to establish the relationship among self-regulation skills, the level of intellectual disability, academic success, and sex in students with mild and moderate intellectual disabilities. The sample included 131 students with mild and moderate ID, of both sexes, between 8 and 24 years of age. Self-Control Rating Scale (SCRS) was used to assess the level of self-regulation skills. Academic success of students was expressed as the average grade at the end of the school year. A considerable interrelation was found between the level of adoption of self-regulation skills, the level of intellectual development and general academic success in students with ID. Significant influence of the participants' sex on the quality of self-regulation was found only in participants with moderate ID. Female participants had better achievements than male participants.
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