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Assessing Dyslexia at Six Year of Age
Published on: May 1, 2020
The relationship between emotional experience with dyslexia and work self-efficacy among adults with dyslexia
Blace A Nalavany1, Julie M Logan2, Lena W Carawan1
1School of Social Work, College of Health and Human Performance, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, USA.
Abstract:
This study responds to a call for more research on working adults with dyslexia investigating how employment-related factors affect and relate to one another. Two important work-related factors are self-efficacy and emotional experience with dyslexia. Work self-efficacy is viewed one of the most vital intrapersonal capacities in the work environment. It can be viewed as a subjective indicator of work success and is conceptualized as a multidimensional construct. Research speaks to a unique emotional experience stemming from living with an often misunderstood and stereotyped learning difference. The participants were 173 working adults with dyslexia (average age = 43.5 years, females = 56.6%) who participated in a web-based survey. Hierarchical multiple regression analyses revealed that more negative or uncomfortable emotions emanating from living with dyslexia predicted lower levels of total work self-efficacy, work attributes, work competency, and work anxiety over and beyond background contextual variables. Implications of these findings are discussed.
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