Date of Award:
5-1994
Document Type:
Thesis
Degree Name:
Master of Science (MS)
Department:
Human Development and Family Studies
Department name when degree awarded
Family and Human Development
Committee Chair(s)
Shelley L. Knudsen Lindauer
Committee
Shelley L. Knudsen Lindauer
Abstract
The purpose of this research was to examine the relationship of the self-concepts of a sample of 248 children with developmental disabilities with demographic variables and measures of child functioning and family situational variables. In addition, responses on a measure of self-concept were compared with those of a normative sample provided by Harter. Results indicated that, using this measure and these populations, there were no differences in the self-concept of children with disabilities and those without disabilities. Canonical correlation analysis indicated that children's cognitive achievement and independent functioning skills were moderately related to their self-concepts, but demographic variables and family functioning explained very little of the variance of the self-concept constructs as measured here.
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Recommended Citation
Smith, Cindy S., "Competence and Acceptance of Children with Developmental Disabilities: An Examination of Self-Concept" (1994). All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023. 2367.
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