Specific learning disabilities and social aspects are the key terms characterizing this diploma thesis. They are also the main theme of research. This issue is greatly widespread nowadays. These defects (disorders) represent a significant social problem all over the world. A psychological burden has influence not only on those children themselves, but also on parents as well as teachers. Except the negative influence on a child´s school success, specific learning disabilities have a secondary impact. They influence pupils´ self-assessment and their life among peers. The aim of the diploma thesis is to determine a severe impact of specific learning disabilities on a child´s self-assessment and its position among classmates. The thesis consists of two parts: theoretical and practical. The theoretical part is focused on the interpretation of knowledge about the theme. There is briefly mentioned a historical overview of specific learning disabilities and it describes the origin, demonstration or occurrence of the most widespread specific learning disability - dyslexia - especially its social aspects. The practical part acquaints readers with research. There is a sample of tested children with their casuistries, tests and results with tables and charts.

This diploma thesis is focused on self-concept and emotional aspects of pupils with specific learning disabilities. Specific learning disabilities not only complicate pupils' educational process but they also have an influence on their self-evaluation. The theoretical part of this paper explains terms connected to this topic as they are given in the literature. The aim is to provide the reader with the basic information about this issue. The practical part is dedicated to the actual research. The aim was to compare pupils with specific learning disabilities and pupils without any specific learning disabilities. This part of the paper contains the aims and hypothesis, the characteristic of researched sample, it lists methods used to collect data and it is concluded with analyses and interpretation of the obtained data.

Объектом исследования явилась школьная адаптация учащихся пятых классов. Предметом исследования стала связь между академической, социальной и психологической составляющими школьной адаптации учащихся пятых классов. Магистерская диссертация состоит из введения, двух глав, заключения, списка литературы (111 источников) и приложения, включающего в себя бланки применявшихся методик. Объем магистерской диссертации 121 страница, на которых размещены 12 рисунков и 7 таблиц. Во введении раскрывается актуальность проблемы исследования, разработанность проблематики, ставятся цель и задачи исследования, определяются объект и предмет исследования, формулируются основная и дополнительные гипотезы, указываются методы и эмпирическая база, а также этапы проведения исследования, научная новизна, теоретическая и практическая значимость работы. Первая глава включает в себя обзор иностранной и отечественной литературы по теме школьной адаптации пятиклассников. Представлены разделы, посвященные исследованию показателей структурных составляющих школьной адаптации и их взаимосвязей у учащихся пятых классов. Выводы по первой главе представляют собой итоги по изучению теоретического материала. Вторая глава посвящена эмпирической части исследования. В ней представлено описание организации и методов проведенного исследования и результатов, полученных по всем использованным методикам: тесту (опроснику) школьной тревожности Филлипса, методике исследования самооценки личности «Лесенка», социометрической методике Дж. Л. Морено, методике экспертной оценки классных руководителей о поведении школьников, их социометрическом статусе в классе. Также в главе представлен корреляционный и факторный анализ результатов исследования. Выводы по главе 2 включают в себя основные результаты эмпирического исследования. В заключении в обобщенном виде изложены результаты теоретической и эмпирической частей работы, а также выводы по выдвинутым гипотезам, обоснована практическая значимость исследования и описаны возможные перспективы дальнейшей разработки данной проблематики. / The object matter of the study is the school adaptation of students in the fifth grade. The subject of the study is the interrelation between the academic, social and psychological components of school adaptation of fifth grade students. The master's thesis consists of an introduction, two chapters, a conclusion, a list of literature (111 sources) and an appendix, which includes the forms of the applied methodologies. The volume of the master's thesis is 121 pages, on which are placed 12 figures and 7 tables. The introduction reveals the relevance of the research problem, the development of the problematics, the purpose and objectives of the research are set, the object and the subject of research are determined, the basic and additional hypotheses are formulated, the methods and the empirical base are specified, as well as the stages of the research, the scientific novelty, the theoretical and practical significance of the work. The first chapter includes an overview of the domestic and foreign literature on the subject of fifth-graders school adaptation. The sections devoted to the study of the indicators of the structural components of school adaptation and their interrelationships in fifth grade students are presented. Conclusions on the first chapter are the results of the study of theoretical material. The second chapter is devoted to the empirical part of the study. It provides a description of the organization and methods of the study and the results obtained using all the methods used: the test (questionnaire) of school anxiety by Phillips, method of research of self-esteem of the person "Lesenka", sociometry method by J. L. Moreno, the method of expert assessment of class teachers about the behavior of students, their sociometrical status in the classgroup. Also, the chapter presents a comparative, correlation and factor analysis of the results of the study. The findings of Chapter 2 are the main results of the empirical study. In conclusion, brief results of the theoretical and empirical parts of the work are presented, as well as conclusions on the hypotheses. The practical significance of the study is substantiated and possible prospects for further development of the problematics are described.