Ordinal Birth Order and Behavioural /Emotional Problems: A Study among Dyslexic Children in Kerala

Abstract

Reading disability or dyslexia is a lifelong condition with an early childhood manifestation of inability to

read. About 30% of learning disabled children have behavioural and emotional problems.(12) Birth order

among the siblings is one of the important family dynamics which determine the psychological well-being of

reading disabled children. Objectives: To find out whether any difference in behavioural/emotional problems

exist between various birth order positions of dyslexic children. Design: Exploratory Design. Participants:

Dyslexic Children studying in Malayalam Medium Lower Primary Schools. Sample Size: 122. Sampling

Method: Purposive Sampling. Tools: Personal Data Schedule, Dyslexia Screening Checklist (Malayalam),

Seguin Form Board, Specific Learning Disorder Diagnostic Tool (2) and CBCL. (1) Statistical Tests: Means,

Standard Deviations and ANOVA. Results: The comparison of mean values of CBCL syndrome scales and

birth order positions were not significant. Conclusion: The study concluded that the ordinal birth positions

of dyslexic children could not make any alterations in the behavioural and emotional problems.