The Comparison of human judgment, help- seeking and social acceptability in students with and without dyslexia

The present study was conducted to the comparison of human judgment, help-seeking and social acceptability in students with and without in dyslexia. The research method was a causal comparison of post-event type. The statistical population of the study consisted of all students with particular reading disabilities in the primary school of Rasht in the first half of the academic year 2017-2018. The available sampling method was 60 people (30 people with dyslexia and 30 people without dyslexia) were selected as statistical samples. The human judgment scale, the help-seeking questionnaire and social acceptability questionnaire were used to collect information. Data analysis was performed using multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) using SPSS20 software. Findings showed that there is a significant difference between human judgment, help-seeking and social acceptability among students with and without dyslexia (p <0.01). So that students with specific reading-learning disabilities received lower scores in all three variables compared to students with dyslexia. This result uses for essential implications in the education and promotion of mental health of students with dyslexia.