ERIC Number: EJ1030164
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2014
Pages: 15
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Self-Esteem of Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students in Regular and Special Schools
Lesar, Irena; Smrtnik Vitulic, Helena
European Journal of Special Needs Education, v29 n1 p59-73 2014
The study focuses on the self-esteem of deaf and hard of hearing (D/HH) students from Slovenia. A total of 80 D/HH students from regular and special primary schools (grades 6-9) and from regular and special secondary schools (grades 1-4) completed the Self-Esteem Questionnaire (Lamovec 1994). For the entire group of D/HH students, the results of all self-esteem dimensions, including social, emotional and physical self and confidence, do not differ regarding their gender and level of hearing loss. Furthermore, almost no differences in self-esteem were found in respect to the students' ages. Relative to the norms of hearing students, D/HH students achieved average results in each self-esteem dimension. D/HH students from regular schools had higher self-esteem in emotional and physical self and confidence than those from special schools. The final grade in Slovene language was an important predictor of D/HH students' self-esteem in the dimension of confidence.
Descriptors: Self Esteem, Deafness, Special Schools, Comparative Analysis, Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Secondary School Students, Age Differences, Grades (Scholastic), Predictor Variables, Sign Language, Educational Environment, Hypothesis Testing, Questionnaires, Language Arts
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Secondary Education; Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Slovenia
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