The purpose of this study was to compare the levels of academic self-esteem and failure-tolerance
between students with and without learning disabilities(LD). Subjects were 20 LD students and 20
non-LD students from fourth, fifth and sixth grade of elementary schools in P city. The major
findings of this study were as follows:
First, there was a significant difference in the level of academic self-esteem between the LD group
and the non-LD group. More specifically, students with LD showed lower level of confidence,
self-regulated efficacy, and task level preference compared to non-LD students.
Second, there was a significant difference in the level of failure-tolerance between the LD group
and the non-LD group. More specifically, students with LD showed lower level of failure-tolerance in
the subcategories of the behavior and task difficulty preference than the non-LD students. However,
no significant difference was found in the level of emotion between the two groups.
Third, there were positive correlation between academic self-esteem and academic failure-tolerance
in both groups.