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Age-Related Features of Perceptions about Personal Security in Adolescents with Intellectual Disabilities

Authors :
Galina A. Sidorova
Mikhail S. Ivanov
Source :
СибСкрипт, Vol 26, Iss 2 (2024)
Publication Year :
2024
Publisher :
Kemerovo State University, 2024.

Abstract

The paper studies the way younger and older adolescents with intellectual disabilities perceive their personal security. The research data were collected by formalized interview, subjective scaling techniques, analysis of personal files, observation diaries, etc. The obtained information was processed using the methods of content and frequency analyses, the Mann-Whitney U test, the Spearman’s rank correlation, and the chi-square distribution. The perception of personal security included such concepts as threat, defense, security, and subjective personal security. The study revealed significant differences between younger and older adolescents in their perception of danger, threat, defense, security, and responsibility for personal security. Children with intellectual disabilities developed ideas about personal security in adolescence, their perception of threat and defense depended on life experience and socialization. Their categorical structure corresponded to the norm but was inferior in terms of generalization and cognitive complexity. They separated threat and defense from security, which they associated with safety rules. The results could be included in programs of corrective psychological and pedagogical support.

Details

Language :
German, English, French, Italian, Russian
ISSN :
29492122 and 29492092
Volume :
26
Issue :
2
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
СибСкрипт
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.11a5b29dcb4e48a4821d484a70d023f0
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.21603/sibscript-2024-26-2-181-195