Self-esteem, coping styles and social dimensions of disabled persons with high achievement in Ethiopia
1998
Tirussew Tefera (AAU, Addis Abeba (Ethiopia) Department of Educational Psychology Senior Researcher))
The study has two major aims the first of which is to identify persons with hearing, visual and motor disabilities but with high achievement while the second is to explore the threads of resilience qualities which, among others, include self-esteem, coping styles, and social dimensions. Seventy-seven participants where drawn from three different disability groups particularly those with visual, hearing and motor impairments. A combination of quantitative and qualitative approaches were employed to generate and analyze empirical data. All except one (99.8) expressed their positive reaction to ingredients of self-esteem such as the feeling of self-confidence and the absence of inferiority complex. A T-test result also showed no statistically significant difference in relation to self-esteem across the three disability groups at 0.05 level of significance. Besides, over 94of the respondents' invariability declared that they hold a positive feeling of self-efficacy. With regard to coping styles they used to conquer their life-encounters, a number of common cross-disability strategies, personal resilient qualities and social protective factors were identified. No statistically significant inter-group variation (a 0.05) was also found among the participants' pattern of family interaction as well as in the degree of their community participation.
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