The impact of vision impairment on students’ self-concept

“With regard to self-esteem and self-concept, Bowen (2010a) and Were et al. (2010) found that girls with VI had better scores than boys with VI, but two other studies did not find gender differences (Datta & Talukdar, 2016; Mishra & Singh, 2012).”

“Studies have shown that low self-confidence, reduced personal agency, and peer exclusion are concerning issues that detriment the academic success of students with vision impairments [12,19,23].”

“Moreover, findings of Datta and Talukdar (2016) show lower scores on the physical self-concept (PSC), global summary of all the perceptions in the physical domain, by students with a visual impairment compared to their sighted peers.”

“Sociometric status is important to understand since peer relationships have been found to impact social functioning in childhood and into adulthood (Anderson et al. 2012; Datta and Talukdar 2015; Halder and Datta 2012; Lansu and Cillessen 2012; Martin-Storey et al. 2012).”

“developmental stages of a person's life from childhood to adulthood (23, 26-28).”

“While it has been stated that a positive relationship with siblings may contribute to the family self-concept of individuals with VI (Datta & Talukdar, 2016), children with VI and their parents reported that sighted siblings were unresponsive and thoughtless towards the visual needs of their…”

“Datta and Talukdar (2016) evaluated six dimensions of self-concept, that is, physical, psychological, personal, family, social, and academic dimensions in visually impaired students and found that most students with VIs obtained low scores in all dimensions of self-concept (Datta and Talukdar,…”

“Moreover, the TSCS: 2 was successfully administered to students with vision impairments in the literature (Al-Zyoudi 2007; Datta and Talukdar 2016; López-Justicia and del Carmen Pichardo 2001).”

“VI is associated with lower self-concept and sense of self-worth as well as social avoidance and isolation (Datta and Talukdar, 2015).”

“Increasing research have investigated the relationship between gender and self-esteem with majority identifying gender as a significant predictor of self-esteem (Datta and Talukdar 2016; El Rafei 2009; Lazarević et al.”

“Compared with sighted peers, children with VIs were found to have a significantly lower self-concept level (Datta & Talukdar, 2015; Halder & Datta, 2012; Misha & Singh, 2012).”

“Among these factors, psychological and environmental factors are closely related to an unclear self-concept, whereas biological factors tend to generate and aggravate negative self-concepts (Datta & Talukdar, 2016; Halder & Datta, 2012).”

“Datta Poulomee, Joy Talukar (2015) [3] considered the Impact of vision impairment on understudies' self-concept.”

“…lányok magasabb önértékeléssel rendelkeznek, mint a látássérült fiúk (Bowen 2010; Were, Indoshi, & Yalo, 2010), ugyanakkor két másik, későbbi tanulmány nem talált bizonyítékot arra, hogy a vizsgált személyek neme befolyásolná azok önértékelését (Datta & Talukdar, 2016; Mishra & Singh, 2012).”

“Learners’ self-concept typically comprises physical, moral, personal, family, social and academic aspects, and the related views of a person of the self (Datta and Talukdar 2016).”