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Peer reviewedHuurre, Taina Maarit; Komulainen, Erkki Juhani; Aro, Hillevi Marita – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 1999
The social support and self-esteem of 115 adolescents with visual impairments who attended mainstream Finnish schools, and a control group of 607 classmates were assessed. Self-esteem of the adolescents did not differ; relationships with friends contributed to the enhancement of the self-esteem of the adolescents with visual impairments.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Foreign Countries, Mainstreaming, Peer Acceptance
