A Comparative Study of Self Esteem As it Relates to Alcohol Use Among Inmates with Learning Disabilities and Inmates With No Prior Special Education Services.

Author

Lisa McVey Reid, Longwood University

Date of Award

8-12-1994

Degree Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Science

Department

Liberal Studies

First Advisor

Patricia R. Whitfield, Ph.D.

Second Advisor

Ruth L. Meese, Ph.D.

Third Advisor

Stephen C. Keith, Ed.D

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between learning disabilities and self esteem as it relates to alcohol use in young men at a correctional facility. A standardized alcohol questionnaire was distributed to those men identified as having a learning disability and to nondisabled men. Subjects were matched according to age and sex. Those students who were identified as having a learning disabilitity had a specially coded survey for identification purposes. Names did not appear on the questionnaire in order to maintain strict confidentiality.

Those men who were receiving learning disabilities services were found to have a higher correlation between low self esteem and alcohol consumption than those men who had never received special education services .

Recommended Citation

Reid, Lisa McVey, "A Comparative Study of Self Esteem As it Relates to Alcohol Use Among Inmates with Learning Disabilities and Inmates With No Prior Special Education Services." (1994). Theses & Honors Papers. 354.
https://digitalcommons.longwood.edu/etd/354