2014 Volume 40 Issue 1 Pages 71-83
It have been pointed out that children with developmental disorder without intellectual disability have the problems of self-recognition that they were suffered from low self-esteem. The purpose of this study was to examine the developmental change of self-recognition of the type of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder（ADHD） and of Autistic Spectrum Disorder（ASD）, and the difference of self-recognition between the two types. Twenty three subjects were asked to have the interview using the inquiry about self-recognition. This inquiry was designed with reference to Japanese version of the scale for the self-cognition in childfood and early adolescence （Tanaka, Wada, Kojima, 2005） consists of three sub-measures; the self-evaluation, the self-recognition about others evaluation and the self-respect. The results were the followings; ①it is not observed in children with developmental disorders that the self-esteem have decreased according to aging in normal children, ②developmental change is observed in the area of self-evaluation related to self-esteem ③the difference of self-recognition between “high” and “low tendency” of ADHD is not examined, but“high tendency” of AS shows low social acceptance of self-recognition about others evaluation.
