"The purpose of this study was to examine the self-concept of ordinary and visual impairments students and the relationship of gender to their self-concept. The subjects in this study were 120 ordinary and visual impairments students at two different elementary schools in the city of Seoul and north Chungcheong province. A self-concept inventory was utilized to assess their self-concept.
The findings of the study were as follows:
There was a statistically significant disparity between the two groups in academic self mean scores, and significant intergroup gap was found in nonacademic self average scores. The two groups were statistically significantly different from each other in total self-concept. Whether they were ordinary and visual impairments students made no statistically significant differences to nonacademic self-concept, and gender produced no statistically significant differences, either. As for interaction between the presence or absence of disabilities and gender, their interaction made no statistically significant differences, and the presence or absence of disabilities and gender made no statistically significant differences to total self scores, either. Given the findings of the study, there was a necessity to lend more authentic assistance to visual impairments students, such as a support of a self-concept program.
Key Word : Self-Concept, Ordinary Students, Visual Impairments Students"