Assessing the self‐perception of young adults with severe learning difficulties

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This study investigated the reliability and validity of assessing the self‐perceptions of young people with severe learning difficulties. Twelve young people from a social education centre were interviewed in three different ways, based on personal construct psychology methods. This involved using both rating and ranking methods with provided and elicited constructs. Self‐perception levels were found to be fairly stable over time and despite changes in the assessment methods. Peer perceptions of each young person corresponded fairly well with self‐perceptions, though parent or guardian estimates of self‐perceptions were far less accurate. The findings are interpreted as showing the feasibility of dependable assessment of the self‐perceptions of young people with severe learning difficulties.

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