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Self-Esteem Of Disabled And Abled : A Comparative Analysis

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  • Anjana Bhattacharjee
  • Khousbo Chhetri

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The study was designed to compare the self-esteem of disabled and non-disabled persons of Tripura. Fifty disabled and fifty non-disabled persons were participated in the study. Self esteem Inventory was used to collect data from the participants. The results showed that disabled person possessed low self esteem (both personally perceived self esteem and socially perceived self esteem) than their normal counterparts. The findings revealed no significant difference among male and female disabled persons and among persons with locomotor and visual disability with regard to their self esteem which further indicated that disability negatively affects self esteem of an individual irrespective of gender and nature of disability. Key words: Disability, personally perceived self esteem, socially perceived self esteem

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  • Anjana Bhattacharjee & Khousbo Chhetri, 2014. "Self-Esteem Of Disabled And Abled : A Comparative Analysis," Working papers 2014-09-04, Voice of Research.
    • Handle: RePEc:vor:issues:2014-09-04
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