El autoconcepto en adolescentes con discapacidad intelectual

Abstract

The current study denominated Self-Concept in adolescents with intellectual disabilities had as general objective to describe the self-concept in adolescents with mild mental and borderline intelligence. We worked with twenty seven participants and we used the «AF-5 Questionnaire form». All the participants were diagnosed with mild mental and borderline intelligence. The final results described that teenagers with mental disabilities showed lowers or negatives scores, this results are more common in the family area, and this values are more recurrent in women, followed in the social dimension and next on the academic situation. The highest levels of self-concept between males and females are registered in the physical dimension, followed by the emotional area as well.