The self‐concept and self‐esteem of adolescents with physical impairments in integrated and special school settings

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Abstract
Thirty‐nine adolescents with physical impairments, from special school, partially integrated and fully integrated placements were matched for age, broad educational attainments and degree of physical impairment. Quantitative and qualitative indicators of self‐concepts and self‐esteem were assessed. The physical self‐concept was significantly lower than the other aspects of self‐concept for all three groups. There was a trend for physical self‐concept to be lower with more integration. Physical self‐concept was also found to be more independent of other self‐concept aspects in the fully integrated group and this finding was used to account for the other finding that the highest levels of self‐esteem were in the fully integrated group. This pattern of results is interpreted in terms of current theories about the social comparison basis of self‐perception and the relationship between self‐concept and self‐esteem.

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