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Lifshitz, Hefziba; Hen, Irit; Weisse, Izhak – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2007
The self-concept and quality of friendship of 40 adolescents with visual impairments (20 in public schools and 20 in a residential school) were compared to those of 41 sighted adolescents. The findings indicate a similar self-concept profile for sighted adolescents and adolescents with visual impairments, although the scores of the participants…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Residential Schools, Friendship, Visual Impairments
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Luetke-Stahlman, Barbara – Sign Language Studies, 1984
Study indicates that hearing impaired residential students are more proficient users of American Sign Language than are hearing impaired children enrolled in local, public school programs, and older such residential students are more proficient in the language than are younger students. (SL)
Descriptors: Adolescents, American Sign Language, Children, Comparative Analysis
Cassady, Jerrell C.; Cross, Tracy L. – Journal for the Education of the Gifted, 2006
Suicidal ideation assessment has been employed as an early screening method for identifying adolescents who are at risk for engaging in suicidal behaviors. While recent evidence has emerged that gifted adolescents do not have a higher rate of suicidal ideation, research on the psychological and personality characteristics of gifted youth have…
Descriptors: Suicide, Academically Gifted, Adolescents, Screening Tests
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Cartledge, Gwendolyn; And Others – Remedial and Special Education, 1996
Analysis of social skill self-ratings by 74 adolescents with hearing impairments enrolled in either public or residential schools found that public school students rated their social skills higher than did residential students. Findings are discussed in terms of previous studies, influential variables, and implications for social development and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Hearing Impairments, Interpersonal Competence