Comparison of self-esteem and sociability among hearing impaired visually impaired and orthopedically impaired persons

Abstract

Self-esteem and Sociability are the important aspects in our life. In sociology and psychology, self-esteem reflects a person's overall subjective emotional evaluation of his or her own worth. It is a judgment of oneself as well as an attitude toward the self. Sociability is the relative tendency or disposition to be sociable or associate with one's fellows. These characteristics are also important among hearing impaired persons, visually impaired persons as well as orthopedically impaired persons. So the study, comparison of Self-esteem and Sociability among hearing impaired visually impaired and orthopedically impaired persons has been taken into consideration. Forty subjects of each category namely hearing impaired, visually impaired and orthopedically impaired students (having problems in upper limbs) were selected within the age range of twelve to eighteen years for the study. Self-esteem was measured by Rosenberg’s Self-Esteem Scale and Sociability was ascertained through Cowell Social Behavior Trend Index (Form-A, Form-B). The data were analyzed through the statistic of Analysis of Variance (ANOVA). The results indicate that hearing impaired subjects had better self-esteem and Sociability than orthopedically impaired and visually impaired subjects. The orthopedically impaired subjects were superior to visually impaired subjects in respect to self-esteem and sociability.