Investigating the Relationship between Learning Disabilities and Behavioral Disorders

Abstract

One of the most common disorders refers to learning disorders that seems to create a lifelong effect for individual which is beyond the reading, writing and math, and encompasses areas such as mental health, interpersonal relationships and behavioral manifestation. Therefore, this study was conducted to investigate the relationship between learning disabilities and behavioral disorders. To this end, 1807 elementary students of Karaj city were selected through random sampling, and completed the learning disorders scale of Ali Bahari Ghare Goz (2009). Also, according to the diagnostic scale of DSM-IV students' behavioral disorder were diagnosed. Chi-square test results showed that there is a significant relationship between learning disabilities and behavioral disorders such as hyperactivity, stubbornness and separation anxiety, and students with learning disabilities are more likely to have behavioral problems. Results of this study can be used by psychologists and school counselors.