title: Self-esteem, aspirations and expectations of adolescents with physical disability.
abstract: Fifteen adolescents with physical disabilities were compared with able-bodied controls by means of questionnaires to assess their self-esteem and their future aspirations and expectations. There was no significant difference for self-esteem between the two groups. This encouraging finding is inconsistent with earlier findings of low self-esteem. There was no significant correlation between the self-esteem of the physically disabled adolescents and the difference between their aspirations and expectations; however, there was a significant negative correlation for the able-bodied controls.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Manchester.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Arnold
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chapman
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001240:Aspirations, Psychological; D006233:Persons with Disabilities / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012649:Self Concept; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires