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Methodological Issues in the Assessment of the Self-concept of Children with Down Syndrome

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 1998

Amanda Begley  and
Ann Lewis
Amanda Begley
Affiliation:
Special Needs Research Unit, Institute of Education, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL
Ann Lewis
Affiliation:
Special Needs Research Unit, Institute of Education, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL
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Abstract

This paper discusses the difficulties researchers are likely to encounter when assessing the self-concept of children with Down syndrome. It describes four potentially appropriate assessment methods: projective techniques, nonverbal and/or pictorial techniques, construct generation techniques, and topological techniques. The paper concludes that methods based on the Pictorial Scale of Perceived Competence and Social Acceptance (Harter & Pike, 1984) and personal construct psychology offer the most appropriate means for assessing the self-concept of children with Down syndrome.

Keywords

Down syndromeself-conceptassessmentmethodology
Type
Original Article
Information
Child Psychology and Psychiatry Review , Volume 3 , Issue 1 , February 1998 , pp. 33 - 40
Copyright
© 1998 Association for Child Psychology and Psychiatry

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