Park Eun-Young
Department of Secondary Special Education, Jeonju University, Jeonju 55069, Republic of Korea.
Behav Sci (Basel). 2025 May 12;15(5):655. doi: 10.3390/bs15050655.
Self-esteem significantly influences and shapes an individual's social behavior and indicates his or her psychological and mental health. In this study, the following two premises are examined: (1) whether the self-esteem of adolescents and adults with intellectual disabilities undergoes changes over time and (2) the demographic variables that influence this change. For this study, a longitudinal analysis spanning 2 years was conducted using response data from 398 participants-as sourced from the Korea Employment Agency for the Disabled-which comprised gender, age, education, and severity of disability as input variables. A potential growth model analysis confirmed the appropriateness of the second measurement change model (significant increase in self-esteem between the first and second measurements, no changes between second and third measurements) that presented the main premises of his study. The findings indicated that the level of self-esteem and its rate of change varied significantly among adolescents and adults with intellectual disabilities, and the variations were primarily associated with gender and severity of disabilities.
自尊对个体的社会行为有着重大影响并塑造着这种行为，同时也反映出其心理和精神健康状况。在本研究中，我们检验了以下两个前提：（1）智障青少年和成年人的自尊是否会随时间变化；（2）影响这种变化的人口统计学变量。为此，我们利用来自韩国残疾人就业机构的398名参与者的回应数据进行了为期2年的纵向分析，这些数据包含性别、年龄、教育程度和残疾严重程度等输入变量。潜在增长模型分析证实了第二个测量变化模型的适用性（第一次和第二次测量之间自尊显著增加，第二次和第三次测量之间无变化），该模型呈现了本研究的主要前提。研究结果表明，智障青少年和成年人的自尊水平及其变化率存在显著差异，且这些差异主要与性别和残疾严重程度有关。
