The self-concepts of visually impaired and normally sighted middle school children |
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| Authors: | F E Obiakor S W Stile |
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| Institution: | Department of Educational Psychology and Special Education, University of Tennessee, Chattanooga 37403. |
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| Abstract: | The self-concepts of visually impaired (n = 61) and normally sighted (n = 229) American school children in Grades 6, 7, and 8 were compared. Self-concept was measured with the Student Self-Assessment Inventory (SSAI; Muller, Larned, Leonetti, & Muller, 1984, 1986), which assesses children's self-knowledge, self-ideal, and self-esteem as related to physical maturity, peer relations, academic success, and school adaptiveness. Visually impaired students scored higher than normally sighted children on 5 of the 12 SSAI subscales, refuting the notion that visually impaired children have poorer self-concepts than normally sighted children. |
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