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Self-perception profile for Croatian adolescents with visual impairment
Slaven Krtalić
orcid.org/0000-0001-8319-7125
; Hrvatski zavod za javno zdravstvo
Branka Matković
; Kineziološki fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Sažetak
The American psychologist Harter developed a few
scales to evaluate the self-concept. Starting point in
her method are multidimensionality and the increasing
differentiation in the competence fields according to age.
A Croatian translation of Harter’s questionnaire “The
Self Perception Profile for Adolescents” (SPPA) was used
in 30 visually impaired (B2 classification) adolescents.
Reliability, in terms of internal consistency was evaluated
and the results were compared to those of foreign studies
with the sighted adolescent population.
Differences between the results of boys and girls were
discussed, and differences between profiles of a visually
impaired adolescents and their normally sighted peers. Also,
the differences between cultures can be detected because
the questionnaire was used in several international studies.
The aim of this study was to construct a Croatian
version of the Self-Perception Profile for Adolescents
(SPPA) with visual impairment. The research focuses on
the reliability and validity of the Croatian version. The
presented research investigated the reliability and validity
of a Perceived Competence Scale based on the American
(Harter’s) original – SPPA. It was established to assess the
adolescent’s perception on school, social, athletic, physical,
job, romantic, behavior, close friendship and global selfworth
domains. The subjects (N=30) were tested twice in
order to investigate the stability between test and retest.
The results indicate high test-retest correlations and high
internal reliabilities. The correlations among subscales were
moderate good.
It is concluded that SPPA is a reliable and valid
instrument for determining the perception of adolescents
on all domains mentioned above. Further research is needed to make the construct of
competence more useful for visually impaired adolescents,
because the feeling of competence will encourage the
adolescent to learn new skills.
Ključne riječi
self-perception; visual impairment; adolescents; questionnaire
Hrčak ID:
187726
URI
Datum izdavanja:
30.12.2016.
Posjeta: 1.134 *