Achievenment motivation and self esteem among handicapped children

Title

Achievenment motivation and self esteem among handicapped children

Creator

Lakshmi Nair K.; Starlet S.

Description

How the children with handicap perceive themselves and their self esteem levels are important yet not much focussed aspect in disability research. If we have a correct evaluation of their motivational level and self esteem it may help us to modify their training interventions and also would make them feel more satisfied and confident. So we planned to study achievement motivation and self esteem levels of handicapped children. The Objective of the study is that to to compare achievement motivation of physically handicapped to that of non-handicapped school children, and to compare self esteem of physically handicapped to that of non-handicapped school children. Methodology 40 physically handicapped school students and 40 age, gender and education matched non handicapped students were included in the study. Handicapped children of other categories like sensory disability, visual impairment, hearing impairment and speech impairment were excluded. Achievement motivation questionnaire was used to measure the motivational behaviour and Rosenberg self-esteem scale was applied by asking the respondents to reflect on their current feelings. Results and Conclusions Achievement motivation and self esteem were observed to be significantly lower in physically handicapped students compared to healthy controls. Significant gender difference in favour of females was observed i.e., self esteem and achievement motivation was significantly higher in females of both the groups compared to males. The study emphasizes need for interventions to improve self esteem and motivation levels of handicapped children.

Source

Research Journal of Pharmaceutical, Biological and Chemical Sciences, Vol-6, No. 2, pp. 1646-1656.

Date

2015-01-01

Publisher

Research Journal of Pharmaceutical, Biological and Chemical Sciences

Subject

Achievement motivation; Disability; Handicapped; Non handicapped; Self-esteem

Coverage

Lakshmi Nair K., Department of Psychology, Christ University, Bangalore, Karnataka, India; Starlet S., Department of Psychology, Prajyoti Niketan College, Pudukad, Thrissur, Kerala, India

Rights

Restricted Access

Relation

ISSN: 9758585

Format

Online

Language

English

Type

Article

Identifier

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