盲児の性格評価における親と教師の比較

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[Purpose]Since primary school pupils are not yet so developed as to be able to introspect their own personality characteristics, we usually depend upon their parents' evaluation in order to estimate children's personality. Several studies, however, have proved that blind children's parents have various psychological and or social problems. It is somewhat of doubt, therefore, to accept their parents' evaluation as it is. In this study the parents' evaluation was compared with the class teachers' and the difference between them was investigated.[Method]Using "Diagnostic Test of Infant and Children's Personality" by S. Takagi and R. Sakamoto, the parents' evaluation was compared with the class teachers' of the children. Evaluation items of the test are; 1. self manifestation, 2. nervousness, 3. emotional unstability, 4. self control, 5. dependent tendency 6. regression, 7. aggressive and impulsive tendency, 8. sociability, 9. home adjustment, 10. school adjustment, 11. health. The subjects are 81 blind pupils (44 boys, 37 girls) of primary course of schools for the blind, and 57 seeing pupils (28 boys, 29 girls) of a primary school.[Result]1. Both parents and teachers estimate that in general, blind children are inferior to normal children. in adjustment. Both parents' and teachers' luation showed that no sex difference in total evascore was found in the blind as well as in the normal. 3. Teachers evalute children to be rather more adjustive than parents do. 4. The discrepancy between parents' and teachers' evaluation is wider in the cases of blind children than normal children. 5. Personal difference of evaluation is greater in the case of teachers of schools for the blind than teachers of a common primary school.