University of Mohaghegh Ardabili Journal of Learning Disabilities 2251-8673 8 3 2019 05 22 The role of children’s self-concept, family’s social support, and parenting styles in predicting academic vitality among students with specific learning disability The role of children’s self-concept, family’s social support, and parenting styles in predicting academic vitality among students with specific learning disability 112 133 791 10.22098/jld.2019.791 FA M Narimani Professor Emeritus of Psychology, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili J Rashidi M. A of Psychology, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili B Zardi M. A of Psychology, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili Journal Article 2019 06 30 The present study was aimed at examining the role of children’s self-concept, family’s social support, and parenting styles in predicting academic vitality among male students with specific learning disability. The present study was a correlational research. The study sample consisted of 110 elementary fourth- and fifth-grade male students with specific learning disabilities in the academic year of 2015-2016 in Boukan. They were selected from Boukan’s students using a multistage cluster sampling method. To collect the required data, Colorado Learning Difficulties Questionnaire (CLDQ), Structured Clinical Interview Based on the Symptoms in DSM-5, Children’s Self-Concept Scale, Social Support, Parenting Style, and Academic Buoyancy were employed. The results of Pearson correlation coefficient indicated that children’s self-concept (r=0.75), family’s social support (r=0.42), and parenting style (r=0.59) were significantly correlated with academic vitality among students with specific learning disabilities (P<0.01). The results of multivariate regression analysis showed that children’s self-concept, family’s social support, and parenting styles were significant in predicting academic vitality among students with specific learning disabilities (P<0.001). These results show that an increase in children’s self-concept, family’s social support, and a parenting styles in which physical punishment and poor supervision decrease can lead to an increase in academic vitality among those students. The present study was aimed at examining the role of children’s self-concept, family’s social support, and parenting styles in predicting academic vitality among male students with specific learning disability. The present study was a correlational research. The study sample consisted of 110 elementary fourth- and fifth-grade male students with specific learning disabilities in the academic year of 2015-2016 in Boukan. They were selected from Boukan’s students using a multistage cluster sampling method. To collect the required data, Colorado Learning Difficulties Questionnaire (CLDQ), Structured Clinical Interview Based on the Symptoms in DSM-5, Children’s Self-Concept Scale, Social Support, Parenting Style, and Academic Buoyancy were employed. The results of Pearson correlation coefficient indicated that children’s self-concept (r=0.75), family’s social support (r=0.42), and parenting style (r=0.59) were significantly correlated with academic vitality among students with specific learning disabilities (P<0.01). The results of multivariate regression analysis showed that children’s self-concept, family’s social support, and parenting styles were significant in predicting academic vitality among students with specific learning disabilities (P<0.001). These results show that an increase in children’s self-concept, family’s social support, and a parenting styles in which physical punishment and poor supervision decrease can lead to an increase in academic vitality among those students. https://jld.uma.ac.ir/article_791_e6c873af7fe5fe23453eb219e383bab3.pdf