Social Comparisons, Stigma and Mainstreaming: The Self Esteem of Young Adults With a Mild Mental Handicap

Szivos-Bach, Susan E.

doi:10.1111/j.1468-3148.1993.tb00054.x

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“…There is evidence that for people with disabilities stigmatization can have a negative impact on their psychological well-being, lowering their self-esteem and negatively affecting their mood (Abraham et al 2002;Dagnan and Waring 2004;Szivos-Bach 1993). Those who were most aware of being stigmatized had the lowest self-esteem scores (Szivos 1991).…”

Section: Self-esteemmentioning

confidence: 99%

Adolescents with Disabilities

Maxey

Beckert

2016

Adolescent Res Rev

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Adolescents with disabilities face many challenges common to their typically developing peers. However, the ways that they resolve them may differ. The focus of this narrative overview was to summarize results from the disabilities in adolescence literature, highlight common research directions, evaluate the overall big picture of this literature, and draw conclusions based on general interpretations. Evidence suggests that the literature in this field of study is lacking. Suggestions for improvement include increasing the number of studies that focus specifically on adolescence across the various types of disabilities, establishing a theoretical base to anchor research, forming cohesion across disabilities among researchers, and taking a comprehensive approach to intervention studies. By addressing these issues in future research, scholarly knowledge will be increased, but more importantly, the lives of young people with disabilities can be greatly enhanced.

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Section: Self-esteemmentioning

confidence: 99%

Adolescents with Disabilities

Maxey

Beckert

2016

Adolescent Res Rev

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“…However, there is evidence that different educational settings may expose individuals to different levels of stigmatised treatment (Cooney et al, 2006). A study conducted by Szivos-Bach (1993) found that young people with ID who are educated in integrated schooling often believe that their social identity is devalued. Those educated in segregated settings may be protected from an insight into the devalued status that people with ID can hold in society (Todd, 2000).…”

Section: Educational Opportunities For Students With Idmentioning

confidence: 99%

Developing a Mathematics Module for Students with Intellectual Disability in Higher Education

Prendergast

Spassiani²,

Roche³

2017

IJHE

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Students with intellectual disability (ID) have to overcome many barriers and difficulties in order to access all levels of education and partake in college life. Thankfully, educational institutes around the globe are slowly beginning to examine how they can support equal rights of individuals with ID. In Ireland, one university has recently accredited an innovative higher education programme for college students with intellectual disabilities. One of the emergent modules focuses on mathematics and realises the important role that numeracy plays in today's society. Despite the increased emphasis on general mathematics education, the authors found there to be a dearth of research regarding the development of such a module for students with ID. This paper describes the design and development of the mathematics module and also details its piloting and evaluation with a cohort of students with ID who were enrolled in a higher education course in an Irish university.

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“…Szivos‐Bach () found that those who had the greatest awareness of stigma and subsequent lowest self‐esteem reported the highest levels of feeling inferior (i.e., feeling fundamentally different to others), and the lowest self‐concept/self‐efficacy (i.e., feeling the least likely to live up to their ideals and aspirations). This was supported by Dagnan and Waring (), who found that perceived stigma was strongly significantly correlated ( r = .41, p < .05) with perceived other‐to‐self‐negative evaluations (i.e., external shame).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…However, it remains open to debate as to whether this is a solely positively adaptive process in maintaining/sustaining one's self‐esteem, or in some instances as a form defence against shame through denial (Allan & Gilbert, ; Sinason, ). There is evidence that both upward or downward social comparisons can reduce prosocial behaviour towards and empathy for others (Yip & Kelly, ), lead to behavioural avoidance of others and social distancing (Chen & Shu, ), and to other forms of less prosocial behaviour such as derogating against similar others as a way of maintaining one's self‐esteem (Szivos‐Bach, ). Only one study in this review reported evidence relating to this more externalizing, humiliating response to feeling shamed in individuals with intellectual disabilities (Szivos‐Bach, ).…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%