Volume : III, Issue : II, February - 2014

Assessment of Self– Concept Among Physically Challenged Children

Ms. P. Neeraja

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Self-concept is the internal compass which directs a person’s physical and metaphysical outlook, beliefs and attitudes and human relationship. Self-concept forms an essential determinant in the holistic development of a child’s personality in general and for the differently abled children it is very much essential to cope up with the disability and improve standard of living. Research on self-concept of physically challenged children has centered mainly on comparative studies between people with or without impairment, and they showed mixed results. The present study is an attempt to study the self concept of children with physical challenge . The sample were 32 children (18 boys and 18 girls) who visited the out-patient department of SVRR hospital. Tennessee Self-Concept Scale revised by Vasundara Devi (1985) was used to assess the self concept of children with physically challenged. The scale has 8 domains viz., Physical self, Family-self, Social-self, Personal-self, Identity, Behaviour and self-satisfaction, Moral-self and Ethical-self. The reliability and validity of the scale given by Vasundara Devi (1985) were satisfactory. The results showed that none of the orthopedically challenged children had high self-concept and nearly two thirds of boys (75 per cent ) and 82 per cent of girls showed low self concept . A need was felt to develop self concept among children with physical challenges.

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Ms.P.Neeraja Assessment of Self- Concept Among Physically Challenged Children International Journal of Scientific Research, Vol.III, Issue.II February 2014

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