VICTIMIZATION OF STUDENTS WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES OR ADHD (ATTENTION DEFICIT HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER)

Authors

  • Georgios Vrakas Mathematician, MSc in Learning Difficulties, PhD Candidate, Department of Educational and Social Policy, University of Macedonia, Greece orcid.org/0000-0002-0777-9171
  • Vasiliki Giannouli Assistant Professor, School Psychology, Department of Educational and Social Policy, University of Macedonia, Greece
  • George Pavlidis Former Professor of Psychology and Learning Disabilities at Department of Educational and Social Policy, University of Macedonia, Greece
  • Sarris Dimitrios Assistant Professor, Department of Early Childhood Education, University of Ioannina, Greece

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.46827/ejse.v8i4.4472

Keywords:

learning difficulties, ADHD, victimization

Abstract

The primary research objective of this research has been to investigate the relationship between the victimization of high school students and the existence of learning difficulties and ADHD. 700 students participated (with and without ADHD) who attended Gymnasiums of Western Thessaloniki in which integration departments operated. Participants anonymously completed a questionnaire on bullying. The results we quote here refer to the second part of the questionnaire that is completed only by those students who were victimized. According to the research activity so far, it was expected and finally confirmed that the variable existence of learning difficulties / ADHD is a predictor of the participation of these students in bullying incidents and even with the role of the victim [each increase in the percentage by one point (i.e. by 1 [each increase in the percentage by one point (i.e. by 1%) of the factor of learning disabilities and of the dep with a diagnosis the average value of the variable of a person falling victim to bullying increases by 1.21 points (p<0.001)].

 

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Author Biographies

  • Georgios Vrakas, Mathematician, MSc in Learning Difficulties, PhD Candidate, Department of Educational and Social Policy, University of Macedonia, Greece orcid.org/0000-0002-0777-9171

    Georgios Vrakasis a mathematician and teaches students with learning difficulties at the 4th high school of Stavroupoli in Thessaloniki. He is a PhD candidate at the University of Macedonia in Thessaloniki. In my doctoral thesis, I investigate the relationship between learning difficulties and ADHD with school bullying.

  • Vasiliki Giannouli, Assistant Professor, School Psychology, Department of Educational and Social Policy, University of Macedonia, Greece

    Vasiliki Giannouli is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Educational and Social Policy of the University of Macedonia with the academic subject 'School Psychology'. Is a graduate of the Pedagogical Academy of Heraklion (1987) and the Department of Psychology (RHBNC) Royal Holloway University of London, in (1993). The obtaining the doctoral degree was done by the same Department of Psychology (RHBNC) Royal Holloway University of London entitled 'The Development of Reading and Spelling in Greek Primary School children and Kindergarten'. Year of completion in (1998). Her postdoctoral research was held at the City University of London under the title 'Interventional methods of teaching children with Communication and Learning Problems' (1999-2000) while followed by the acquisition of two master's degrees later in the department of Special Education from Nottingham Trent University in (2001) and (2009).

  • George Pavlidis, Former Professor of Psychology and Learning Disabilities at Department of Educational and Social Policy, University of Macedonia, Greece

    George Pavlidis is a Fellow, International Academy of Learning Disabilities Research Scientific Director of 39 'dyslexia Centers - Pavlidis Method'. Professor for 44 years in departments of Psychology, Pedagogy and in Medical Schools of well-known Universities in England, Greece and the USA. The Inventor - Professor George T. Pavlidis is an Internationally acclaimed Authority on Dyslexia, Attention Deficit Disorder and Ocular Movement. He is also the Inventor of new technologies and methods, global recognition and radiation. Ιs an internationally renowned scientist in Dyslexia, Attention Deficit Disorder and Ocular Kinesis. He is also the Inventor of new technologies and methods, global recognition and radiation.

  • Sarris Dimitrios, Assistant Professor, Department of Early Childhood Education, University of Ioannina, Greece

    Sarris Dimitriosis a clinical psychologist and teaches as a special education lecturer at the University of Ioannina. He studied psychology and pedagogy at the University of Ioannina. He continued both at the level of basic studies, separately, in psychology and the sciences of education: Licence, University of Bordeaux II (France), Maitrise University of Bordeaux II, and at the level of postgraduate studies, separately, in psychology and the sciences of education: DEA, Bordeaux II University and in clinical psychopathology: DEA, Bordeaux II University, DESS Psychopathologie Clinique, Bordeaux II University, DEA Psychopathologie, Bordeaux II University.

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