Gregory J. Benner|J. Ron Nelson|Jill H. Allor|Paul Mooney|Dai Taguchi
Academic Processing Speed Mediates the Influence of Both Externalizing Behavior and Language Skills on the Academic Skills of Students with Emotional Disturbance
University of Washington Tacoma|University of Nebraska–Lincoln|Southern Methodist University|Louisiana State University|University of Washington Tacoma
results previous research suggest relatively small albeit statistically significant relationship externalizing behavior academic skills students emotional disturbance ed researchers also found majority students language deficits hinder academic performance purposes study investigate mediating role academic processing speed ie academic fluency relationship externalizing behavior academic skills k12 students ed b language skills academic skills students ed results indicate academic processing speed mediated influence language skills externalizing behavior academic skills population findings limitations implications discussed